Brontopodus
Encyclopedia
Brontopodus is an ichnogenus of dinosaur
footprint. The footprint has diplodocid
form, but four toe
s when almost every diplodocid has no more than three. This leaves Dyslocosaurus
as the only known genus
capable of producing the footprints.
Dinosaur
Dinosaurs are a diverse group of animals of the clade and superorder Dinosauria. They were the dominant terrestrial vertebrates for over 160 million years, from the late Triassic period until the end of the Cretaceous , when the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event led to the extinction of...
footprint. The footprint has diplodocid
Diplodocid
Diplodocids, or members of the family Diplodocidae , are a group of sauropod dinosaurs. The family includes some of the longest creatures ever to walk the earth, including Diplodocus and Supersaurus, which may have reached lengths of up to .-Description:While still massive, when compared to the...
form, but four toe
Toe
Toes are the digits of the foot of a tetrapod. Animal species such as cats that walk on their toes are described as being digitigrade. Humans, and other animals that walk on the soles of their feet, are described as being plantigrade; unguligrade animals are those that walk on hooves at the tips of...
s when almost every diplodocid has no more than three. This leaves Dyslocosaurus
Dyslocosaurus
Dyslocosaurus is the name given in 1992 to a genus of sauropod dinosaur, possibly from the Late Jurassic Period. Its fossils were found in North America....
as the only known genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
capable of producing the footprints.