# Chelonipus

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{{Short description|Turtle trace fossil}}
{{Ichnobox
| fossil_range ={{fossilrange|Early Triassic|Eocene|[Early Triassic](/source/Early_Triassic)-[Eocene](/source/Eocene)}}
| image =
| taxon = Chelonipus
| authority = ([Vilienstern](/source/R%C3%BAhle_von_Vilienstern)) Sarjeant & Langston, 1994
| subdivision_ranks = Ichnospecies
| subdivision=
*''Chelonipus chadronicus''
*''Chelonipus parvus''
}}

'''''Chelonipus''''' is a trace fossil ichnogenus attributed to [turtle](/source/turtle)s. ''Chelonipus'' ichnospecies are known from the many locations around the world, spanning many millions of years. Tracks assigned to this ichnogenus have been found in the [Early Triassic](/source/Early_Triassic) of Wyoming and Utah, [Early Jurassic](/source/Early_Jurassic) [Ziliujing Formation](/source/Ziliujing_Formation) of China,<ref name=Xing2025>{{Cite journal |last1=Xing |first1=Lida |last2=Chen |first2=Qiyan |last3=Rozario |first3=Anthony Paul |last4=Klein |first4=Hendrik |last5=Chou |first5=Chunyong |last6=Wang |first6=Donghao |last7=Qi |first7=Qi |date=2025-02-19 |title=First report of turtle and sauropod track assemblages from the Early Jurassic of Guizhou, China |journal=[PalZ](/source/PalZ) |language=en |doi=10.1007/s12542-025-00716-1 |issn=0031-0220}}</ref> the [Late Jurassic](/source/Late_Jurassic) [Morrison Formation](/source/Morrison_Formation),<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Lockley, M.|author2=Foster, J.|year=2006|title=Dinosaur and turtle tracks from the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic) of Colorado National Monument, with observations on the taxonomy of vertebrate swim tracks|journal=New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin|volume=36}}</ref> the [Late Paleocene](/source/Late_Paleocene)-Early [Eocene](/source/Eocene) [Chuckanut Formation](/source/Chuckanut_Formation), and the Eocene of Texas.<ref name="Mustoe2019">{{cite journal |last1=Mustoe |first1=G.E. |year=2019 |title=Lower Eocene footprints from northwest Washington, USA. Part 1: Reptile tracks |journal=Geosciences |volume=9 |issue=321 |pages=1–19 |doi=10.3390/geosciences9070321|doi-access=free |bibcode=2019Geosc...9..321M }}</ref>

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Category:Fossil trackways
Category:Reptile trace fossils

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