Sauropus Hitchcock 1845 (theropod)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Sauropodidae

Synonyms: Aethyopus Hitchcock 1848, Chimaera Hitchcock 1858, Chimaerichnus Hitchcock 1871

Full reference: E. Hitchcock. 1845. An attempt to name, classify, and describe, the animals that made the fossil footmarks of New England. Sixth Annual Meeeting of the Association of American Geologists and Naturalists, New Haven, CT. Abstract and Proceedings 23-25

Parent taxon: Sauropodidae according to H. Haubold 1971

See also Haubold 1969, Haubold 1974, Hay 1902, Hitchcock 1845, Hitchcock 1848, Hitchcock 1898, Kuhn 1958, Kuhn 1963, Lull 1915, Lull 1917, Lull 1953 and Owen 1861

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Sauropus (Sauroidichnites) Sauropus barrattii Sauropus ingens

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of United States (7: Massachusetts collections)

• Triassic of United States (1: New Jersey)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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