Minisauripus

Minisauripus
Temporal range:
Minisauripus isp. from Jinju Formation
Trace fossil classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Ichnogenus: Minisauripus
Zhen et al., 1995
Type ichnospecies
Minisauripus chuanzhuensis
Zhen et al., 1995
Other ichnospecies
  • Minisauripus zhenshuonani Lockley et al., 2008

Minisauripus is an ichnogenus of theropod dinosaurs from the Early Cretaceous of East Asia. The trackmaker of Minisauripus would have been among the smallest known non-avian dinosaurs. This ichnogenus contains two named ichnospecies from China, M. chuanzhuensis and M. zhenshuonani, with several indeterminate ichnospecies known from China, South Korea and Japan.