Reptilia - Theropoda - Grallatoridae
Full reference: D.-Q. Li, L.-D. Xing, M. G. Lockley, A. Romilio, J.-T. Yang and L.-F. Li. 2019. The first theropod tracks from the Middle Jurassic of Gansu, northwest China: new and rare evidence of quadrupedal progression in theropod dinosaurs. Journal of Palaeogeography 8:10:1-11
Belongs to Grallator according to D.-Q. Li et al. 2019
See also Li et al. 2022
Sister taxa: Chongqingpus microiscus, Grallator (Grallator), Grallator andeolensis, Grallator angustidigitus, Grallator anietangensis, Grallator anserinum, Grallator crassidigitus, 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 princeps, Grallator rapidus, Grallator rectilineus, Grallator rectus, Grallator sauclierensis, Grallator socialis, Grallator ssatoi, Grallator tenuis, Grallator tuberosus, Grallator variabilis, Grallator yangi, Grallator yemiaoxiensis, Prototrisauropus deambulator, Prototrisauropus gardonensis, Plastisauropus ingens, Platysauropus robustus, Agialopous wyomingensis, Chuanchengpus wuhuangensis
Type specimen: PC-TI1, TI5, TI8, TI9 (cast IVPG-F001), a footprint. Its type locality is Pingchuan tracksite, assemblge A, which is in a Bathonian lacustrine deltaic sandstone in the Wangjiashan Formation of China.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of China (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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