Stegopodus

Stegopodus was a new ichnogenus erected in 1998 for the second set of stegosaur tracks from the Morrison Formation.[3] The tracks were found near Arches National Park, also in Utah.[3] 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.[3] 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.[3] 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 Temporal range: Late Jurassic, Kimmeridgian–Tithonian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Life restoration of Stegosaurus, the possible trackmaker of Stegopodus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Superorder:	Dinosauria
Order:	†Ornithischia
Suborder:	†Thyreophora
Infraorder:	†Stegosauria
Family:	†Stegosauridae
Genus:	†Stegopodus Lockley, Hunt & Foster, 1998[1]
Binomial name
†Stegopodus czerkasi Lockley, Hunt & Foster, 1998[2]