Tetrapodosaurus borealis Sternberg 1932 (ornithopod)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Tetrapodosauridae

Alternative combination: Tetrapodichnites borealis

Full reference: C. M. Sternberg. 1932. Dinosaur tracks from Peace River, British Columbia. National Museum of Canada Bulletin 68:59-85

Belongs to Tetrapodosaurus according to H. Haubold 1971

See also ApesteguĂ­a and Gallina 2011, Avanzini et al. 2001, Avanzini and Petti 2008, Gangloff et al. 2004, Harington et al. 2005, Haubold 1974, Herrero et al. 2016, Joeckel et al. 2004, Kuhn 1958, Kuhn 1963, Kurtz et al. 2001, Lockley et al. 2021, Lull 1933, McCrea et al. 2014, McCrea et al. 2001, McCrea et al. 2015, Salisbury et al. 2016, Sarjeant 1975, Sternberg 1932, Thulborn 1990, Weems and Bachman 2015 and Xing et al. 2021

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NMC 8556, a footprint. Its type locality is 1.5 miles upstream from Gething's mine (B), Peace River Canyon, which is in an Albian terrestrial sandstone/claystone in the Gething Formation of Canada.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (23: Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon collections), United States (3: Virginia)

Total: 26 collections each including a single occurrence

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