Grallator digitigradus Ellenberger 1972 (theropod)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Grallatoridae

Alternative combination: Aetonychopus digitigradus

Full reference: P. Ellenberger. 1972. Contribution à la classification des Pistes de Vertébrés du Trias: Les types du Stormberg d’Afrique du Sud (I) [Contribution to the classification of Triassic vertebrate footprints: the types from the Stormberg of South Africa (I)]. Palaeovertebrata Mem. Ext.(1972):1-152

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

See also Ellenberger 1972 and Ellenberger 1974

Sister taxa: Chongqingpus microiscus, Grallator (Grallator), Grallator andeolensis, Grallator angustidigitus, Grallator anietangensis, Grallator anserinum, Grallator crassidigitus, Grallator cursorius, Grallator damanei, Grallator deambulator, 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: 67B, a footprint. Its type locality is Mokkanametsong tracksite (zone B/2), which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian terrestrial sandstone in the Elliot Formation of Lesotho.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Mokkanametsong tracksite (zone B/2)

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