 | This article may be too technical for most readers to understand. (April 2021) |
| Stegopodus Temporal range: Late Jurassic,
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| Life restoration of Stegosaurus, the possible trackmaker of Stegopodus | |
Trace fossil classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | †Ornithischia |
| Clade: | †Thyreophora |
| Clade: | †Stegosauria |
| Family: | †Stegosauridae |
| Ichnogenus: | †Stegopodus Lockley, Hunt & Foster, 1998[1] |
| Type ichnospecies | |
| †Stegopodus czerkasi Lockley, Hunt & Foster, 1998[2]
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Stegopodus is an ichnogenus erected in 1998 for the second set of stegosaur tracks from the Morrison Formation. The tracks were found near Arches National Park, also in Utah. Unlike the first, this trackway preserved traces of the forefeet. Fossil remains indicate that stegosaurs have five digits on the forefeet and three weight-bearing digits on the hind feet. From this, paleontologists were able to successfully predict the appearance of stegosaur tracks in 1990, six years in advance of the first actual discovery of Morrison stegosaur tracks. Since the erection of Stegopodus, more trackways have been found, however none have preserved traces of the front feet, and stegosaur traces remain rare.[3]
- ^ "Stegopodus". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
- ^ "Stegopodus czerkasi". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
- ^ Foster (2007). Walk and Don't Look Back: The Footprints; Stegosaurs. p. 238.