Characichnos

Characichnos
Temporal range: Middle Jurassic (Aalenian), ~
Trace fossil classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Tetrapoda
Class: incertae sedis
Ichnogenus: †Characichnos
Whyte & Romano, 2001
Type ichnospecies
†Characichnos tridactylus
Whyte & Romano, 2001

Characichnos (meaning "score trace") is an ichnogenus of possibly dinosaurian tetrapod footprint. It includes a single species, C. tridactylus, known from prints found in the Middle Jurassic Saltwick Formation of Yorkshire, United Kingdom.

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