Ceratopsipes
{{Short description|Dinosaur footprint}}
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| fossil_range = Maastrichtian, {{fossilrange|69|68}}
| image = File:Ceratopsipes goldenensis (dinosaur trackway) (Laramie Formation, Upper Cretaceous; Parfet Prehistoric Preserve, Golden, Colorado, USA) 20.jpg
| image_caption = Ceratopsipes goldenensis
| taxon = Ceratopsipes
| authority = Lockley & Hunt, 1995
| type_ichnospecies = {{extinct}}Ceratopsipes goldenensis
| type_ichnospecies_authority = Lockley & Hunt, 1995
}}
Ceratopsipes goldenensis is an ichnospecies of dinosaur footprint, described in 1995 from the Laramie Formation in Colorado.Lockley, M. G. and Hunt, A. P. (1995). Ceratopsid tracks and associated ichnofauna from the Laramie Formation (Upper Cretaceous: Maastrichtian) of Colorado. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 15(3): 592–614. It is represented by massive pes prints approaching {{convert|80|cm|in}} in width. If undistorted, the tracks may represent an unusually large Ceratopsian dinosaur that could have potentially been as large as 12 metres (39.4 feet).
See also
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References
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Literature
- {{cite book |last=Glut |first=Donald F. |title=Dinosaurs: The Encyclopedia. 3rd Supplement |year=2003 |publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc. |location=Jefferson, North Carolina |isbn=0-7864-1166-X |chapter=Appendix: Dinosaur Tracks and Eggs |pages=[https://archive.org/details/dinosaursencyclo00glut_2/page/613 613–652] |chapter-url-access=registration |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/dinosaursencyclo00glut_2/page/613 }}
- Lockley, M. G. (1986). A Guide to Dinosaur Tracksites of the Colorado Plateau and American Southwest. University of Colorado at Denver Geology Department Magazine, Special Issue, 1: 1-56.
- Carpenter, K. and Young, B. (2002). Late Cretaceous dinosaurs from the Denver Basin, Colorado. In K. R. Johnson, R. G. Raynolds and M. L. Reynolds (eds). Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Laramide Strata in the Denver Basin, Pt. I., Rocky Mountain Geology. 37: 237-254.
External links
- {{cite web|url=https://www.trieboldpaleontology.com/ceratopsipes.html|title=Ceratopsipes|website=Triebold Paleontology, Inc.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115142203/https://www.trieboldpaleontology.com/ceratopsipes.html|archive-date=January 15, 2021|url-status=dead}}
- {{cite web | author = Vladimír Socha | title = Stopa největšího rohatého dinosaura [Track of the largest horned dinosaur]| website = OSEL.cz | date= 2020 | url = https://www.osel.cz/11445-stopa-nejvetsiho-rohateho-dinosaura.html}} (in Czech)
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Category:Ornithischian trace fossils
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