A bird footprint assemblage of early Late Cretaceous age, Dongyang City, Zhejiang Province, China

A new Cretaceous bird ichnotaxon, Dongyangornipes sinensis ichnogen. et ichnosp. nov., is described. It is the first record of a webbed bird footprint in China. It was recovered from the early Late Cretaceous Jinhua Formation in Dongyang City, Zhejiang Province. It is characterized by comparatively small tridactyl footprints with a notably developed web structure without a hallux impression. The web impression of digits II–III is connected from...