Brontopodus birdi Farlow et al. 1989 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia

Alternative combination: Brontopodus birdii

Full reference: J. O. Farlow, J. G. Pittman, and J. M. Hawthorne. 1989. Brontopodus birdi, Lower Cretaceous dinosaur footprints from the U.S. Gulf Coastal Plain. Dinosaur Tracks and Traces. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 371-394

Belongs to Brontopodus according to M. Avanzini et al. 2003

See also Castanera et al. 2013, Castanera et al. 2016, Dalla Vecchia 2005, dos Santos et al. 1995, dos Santos and Rodrigues 2005, Farlow 1992, Farlow et al. 2012, Farlow et al. 1989, González Riga and Calvo 2007, Kim et al. 2009, Kim et al. 2012, Kim and Lockley 2012, Lee and Lee 2006, Leonardi and Mietto 2000, Li et al. 2006, Lockley 1994, Lockley et al. 1995, Lockley et al. 2002, Lockley et al. 2004, Marty et al. 2010, Mazin et al. 2017, Mcintosh et al. 1992, Meijide Fuentes et al. 2004, Meyer et al. 2018, Moreau et al. 2020, Poropat et al. 2021, Romano et al. 2007, Romano and Whyte 2012, Salisbury et al. 2016, Santos et al. 2009, Thulborn 1990, Thulborn 2006, Tomaselli et al. 2022, Torcida Fernández-Baldor et al. 2015, Weems and Bachman 2015, Winkler 1997, Xing et al. 2013, Xing et al. 2014, Xing et al. 2015, Xing et al. 2015, Xing et al. 2016, Xing et al. 2016, Xing et al. 2018, Xing et al. 2019, Xing et al. 2019, Xing et al. 2020, Xing et al. 2021, Xing et al. 2015 and Xing et al. 2015

Sister taxa: Brontopodus changlingensis, Brontopodus oncalensis, Brontopodus pentadactylus, Brontopodus plagnensis, Brontopodus triangularis

Type specimen: AMNH 3065 & TMM 40638-1. Its type locality is TMM 40638, Paluxy River tracksite #A3 (Bird Site), which is in an Albian shallow subtidal wackestone/mudstone in the Glen Rose Limestone Formation of Texas.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of South Korea (1 collection), United States (13: Arkansas, Texas, Virginia)

• Jurassic of United States (1: Wyoming)

Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence

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