Ardeipeda Panin & Avram 1962

IchnogenusArdeipedaPanin & Avram, 1962 Type ichnospecies. Ardeipeda egretta Panin & Avram, 1962. Revised diagnosis. Avian footprints showing four digits, three (II to IV) directed forward and large, the fourth (digit I) backward and somewhat smaller. The interdigital angles between digits II and III and between digits III and IV are less than 70 °. The axis of digit I corresponds, or almost corresponds, with that of digit III, the interdigital angle between digits I and II being almost equal to that between digits I and IV. Webbing absent (emended from Sarjeant and Langston 1994). Discussion. Numerous tetradactyl non-webbed small to large footprints have been named from the Mesozoic and Cenozoic deposits, and include: