| Characichnos Temporal range: Middle Jurassic (Aalenian), ~
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Trace fossil classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Superclass: | Tetrapoda |
| Ichnogenus: | †Characichnos Whyte & Romano, 2001 |
| Type ichnospecies | |
| †Characichnos tridactylus Whyte & Romano, 2001
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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.[1]
- ^ Whyte, M. A.; Romano, M. (2001). "A Dinosaur Ichnocoenosis from the Middle Jurassic of Yorkshire, UK". Ichnos. 8 (3–4): 223–234. doi:10.1080/10420940109380189. ISSN 1042-0940. S2CID 128891012.