Footprint type
Magnoavipes
Magnoavipes is a footprint type: the name is for the fossil footprints themselves. The animal that made them is not known for certain. Its footprints are found in rocks 132.6–66 million years old in the United States, China and Mexico.
Confidence labels are switched off. Facts with low confidence, or where sources disagree, still carry a small dot: tap it for the reason.
At a glance
Data as of 11 October 2026- Named by
- Lee 1997
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medium: Only PBDB gives this; nothing contradicts it.Sources
Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: PBDB leads.
- Described in
- Y.-N Lee (1997). Bird and dinosaur footprints in the Woodbine Formation (Cenomanian), Texas. Cretaceous Research 18: 849–864. Read it
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low: PBDB gives this publication for the name, but its author or year differ from the naming authority (Lee 1997): it may be a later work, such as one that renamed or redefined the genus.Sources
Given by: Paleobiology Database. The publication the Paleobiology Database gives as the authority for this genus name, usually the one that first named and described it.
- Dated to
- Hauterivian to Maastrichtian, 132.6–66 million years ago
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medium: Only PBDB gives this; nothing contradicts it.Omnisaura calculation132.6–66 million years ago, from its dated fossil recordsmedium
medium: Omnisaura's calculation from 24 confirmed PBDB records.Sources
Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: PBDB leads.
- Found in
- ChinaUnited States
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medium: Only PBDB records it (2 records).Mexicomedium
medium: Only PBDB records it (21 records).low
low: Only one PBDB record.mixed
mixed: Levels differ between entries; each has its own.Sources
Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: Union of all sources (ISO 3166).
- Rock formations
- DakotaMesa Rica Sandstone
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medium: Only PBDB records it (2 records).Mojadomedium
medium: Only PBDB records it (3 records).Muddy Sandstonemedium
medium: Only PBDB records it (2 records).Cantwellmedium
medium: Only PBDB records it (8 records).Chigniklow
low: Only one PBDB record.Fengjiashanlow
low: Only one PBDB record.Lewisvillelow
low: Only one PBDB record.Luohelow
low: Only one PBDB record.Pajaritolow
low: Only one PBDB record.low
low: Only one PBDB record.mixed
mixed: Levels differ between entries; each has its own.Sources
Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: Canonical names, automatic and editor-approved matches applied.
- Footprint family
- Ornithomimipodidae
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medium: Only PBDB gives this; nothing contradicts it.Sources
Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: PBDB leads.
- Parent group
- Ornithomimipodidae
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medium: Only PBDB gives this; nothing contradicts it.Sources
Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: PBDB leads.
- Species named in its records
- Magnoavipes asiaticus, Magnoavipes caneeri, Magnoavipes denaliensis, Magnoavipes lowei
Sources
Given by: Paleobiology Database (the species its fossil records are identified as).
- Known from
- Footprints and traces
Sources
Given by: Paleobiology Database (what the name was based on).
- Made by
- Not known for certain. Footprints rarely show which animal made them.
Gaps are answers
What isn't known yet
- The animal that made them: not known for certain, as for most footprint types.
- Type species: no source we use gives it yet.
- Order: no source we use gives it yet.
- Common names: no source we use gives it yet.
- What it was named after: no source we use gives it yet.
- Held back: 1 fossil record left out: identified only tentatively (for example "cf.", "?" or the name in quotation marks).
- Resting on one source: 5 facts come from a single source with nothing against them (rated medium): name (PBDB); authority (PBDB); parent group (PBDB); family (PBDB); age (headline) (PBDB).
Size and appearance aren't covered yet, and diet and way of life only as PBDB infers them for the wider group. Omnisaura leaves the rest out rather than guess.
Where sources disagree
None open. Where our sources overlap, they agree on everything shown here.
Did it meet…?
Same time, different places. Their fossils overlap in age, 83.6 to 66 million years ago, but no rock formation holds both.
Going by the ages and rock formations of their dated fossils, as on the map. Compare their fossil sites on the map.
Connections
Genera linked to Magnoavipes by where and when their fossils were found, by classification and by who named them. Select a name to open its page.
Found in the same rocks 8
Genera and other fossil types from the same rock units, from rocks of overlapping age, the most shared fossil sites first.
Same family: Ornithomimipodidae 3
Other genera in Ornithomimipodidae with a full profile.
Found in United States 146
Other genera found in United States, from rocks of overlapping age, the most fossil sites there first.
Credits
Where this page comes from
- Paleobiology DatabaseCC BY 4.0 · fossil records, ages, classification
- OmnisauraOmnisaura editorial · confidence levels and gaps
- PaleoMAP PaleoCoastlines (Kocsis and Scotese 2021)CC BY 4.0 · ancient coastlines on the small map
- Natural EarthPublic domain · today's coastlines