In the foot, the fifth toe was reduced to a single metatarsal, and the first toe was reduced and raised off the ground, leaving a functionally tridactyl foot. |
Ornithopod prints are nearly always tridactyl with three stout and broadly spreading toes so that the resulting footprint has the outline of a trefoil. |
Podokesaurid theropods are indicated by the presence of numerous small to medium-large sized tridactyl footprints. |