Gigandipus hei Yang and Yang 1987 (theropod)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Grallatoridae

Alternative combination: Chonglongpus hei

Full reference: Y. X. Yang and Y. D. Yang. 1987. Sichuan Pen Di Kong Long Zu Yin Hua Shi [Dinosaur Footprints from Mesozoic of Sichuan Basin] 1-30

Belongs to Gigandipus according to L. Xing et al. 2021

See also Li and Zhang 2017, Lockley et al. 2013, Xing et al. 2018 and Yang and Yang 1987

Sister taxa: Eubrontes (Grallator), Eubrontes euskelosauroides, Eubrontes expansus, Eubrontes fieldi, Eubrontes giganteus, Eubrontes glenrosensis, Eubrontes lyellii, Eubrontes minusculus, Eubrontes monax, Eubrontes nianpanshanensis, Eubrontes nobitai, Eubrontes pareschequier, Eubrontes platypus, Eubrontes sillimani, Eubrontes tatricus, Eubrontes veillonensis, Eubrontes xiyangensis, Eubrontes zigongensis, Lufengopus dongi, Megaichnites jizhaoshiensis, Tuojiangpus shuinanensis, Zizhongpus wumaensis, Ichnites pterodactyli, Otouphepus declivis, Brontozoum thianschanicum, Brontozoum isodactylum, Ornithichnites crassus, Ornithichnites argenterae, Gigandipus minor, Gigandipus chiappei, Gigandipus caudatus, Zizhongpus wumanensis

Type specimen: CFZW46, 47, a footprint. Its type locality is Wu Ma Cun, site A (Rice cleaning), which is in an Aalenian/Bajocian terrestrial sandstone in the Xintiangou Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Wu Ma Cun, site A (Rice cleaning)

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