Navahopus

Navahopus is an ichnogenus of dinosaur footprint that was made by an indeterminate navahopodid sauropodomorph once thought to have been a prosauropod that was alive during the Early Jurassic in southwestern United States. Two ichnospecies are known: the type ichnospecies, N. falcipollex (named in 1980^[1]) and a second species, N. coyoteensis (named in 2008^[2]). It is known from the Early Jurassic of Arizona (Aztec Sandstone and Navajo Sandstone), California (Aztec Sandstone) and Utah.^[3]

Navahopus Temporal range: Early Jurassic, 189.6–175.6 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Trace fossil classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Dinosauria
Clade:	Saurischia
Clade:	†Sauropodomorpha
Ichnofamily:	†Navahopodidae
Ichnogenus:	†Navahopus Baird, 1980
Type ichnospecies
†Navahopus falcipollex Baird, 1980
Other ichnospecies
†N. coyoteensis Milàn et al., 2008
Synonyms
Navajopus (sic)

See also

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• Paleontology portal

• List of dinosaur ichnogenera