Grallator crassidigitus Ellenberger 1970 (theropod)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Grallatoridae

Alternative combination: Prototrisauropus crassidigitus

Full reference: P. Ellenberger. 1970. Les niveaux paléontologiques de première apparition des mammifères primoridaux en Afrique du Sud et leur ichnologie. Establissement de zones stratigraphiques detaillees dans le Stormberg du Lesotho (Afrique du Sud) (Trias Supérieur à Jurassique) [The paleontological levels of the first appearance of primordial mammals in southern Africa and their ichnology. Establishment of detailed stratigraphic zones in the Stormberg of Lesotho (southern Africa) (Upper Triassic to Jurassic). In: S. H. Haughton (ed.), Second Symposium on Gondwana Stratigraphy and Paleontology, International Union of Geological Sciences. Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Pretoria 343-370

Belongs to Grallator according to P. E. Olsen and P. M. Galton 1984

See also Ellenberger 1970, Ellenberger 1972 and Klein and Lucas 2021

Sister taxa: Chongqingpus microiscus, Grallator (Grallator), Grallator andeolensis, Grallator angustidigitus, Grallator anietangensis, Grallator anserinum, Grallator cursorius, Grallator damanei, Grallator deambulator, Grallator digitigradus, Grallator emeiensis, Grallator graciosus, Grallator lacunensis, Grallator lambereshei, Grallator leribeensis, Grallator lescurei, Grallator limnosus, Grallator limosus, Grallator matsiengensis, Grallator maximus, Grallator minimus, Grallator minor, Grallator mokanametsongensis, Grallator molapoi, Grallator morijensis, Grallator moshoeshoei, Grallator olonensis, Grallator palustris, Grallator pingchuanensis, Grallator princeps, Grallator rapidus, Grallator rectilineus, Grallator rectus, Grallator sauclierensis, Grallator socialis, Grallator ssatoi, Grallator tenuis, Grallator tuberosus, Grallator variabilis, Grallator yangi, Grallator yemiaoxiensis, Chuanchengpus wuhuangensis, Plastisauropus ingens, Platysauropus robustus, Agialopous wyomingensis, Prototrisauropus deambulator, Prototrisauropus gardonensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Seaka tracksite (zone A/3), which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian terrestrial sandstone in the Elliot Formation of Lesotho

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Seaka tracksite (zone A/3)

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