Shensipus is an ichnogenus of dinosaur footprint. They were described from footprints found in Jiaoping Coal Mine by C. C. Young in 1966, which are part of the Zhiluo Formation. The genus was suggested in 2015 to be a synonym of Anomoepus.[1]
Shensipus Temporal range:
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Trace fossil classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Ichnofamily: | †Grallatoridae |
Ichnogenus: | †Shensipus Young, 1966 |
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edit- ^ Xing, Lida; Lockley, Martin G.; Tang, Yonggang; Klein, Hendrik; Zhang, Jianping; Persons, W. Scott; Dai, Hui; Ye, Yong (2015-01-02). "Theropod and Ornithischian Footprints from the Middle Jurassic Yanan Formation of Zizhou County, Shaanxi, China". Ichnos. 22 (1): 1–11. doi:10.1080/10420940.2014.985670. ISSN 1042-0940. S2CID 129509962.
Glut, Donald F. (2003). "Appendix: Dinosaur Tracks and Eggs". Dinosaurs: The Encyclopedia. 3rd Supplement. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 613–652. ISBN 0-7864-1166-X.