Reptilia - Saurischia - Parabrontopodidae
Synonym: Elephantopoides Kaever and Lapparent 1974
Full reference: M. G. Lockley, J. O. Farlow, and C. A. Meyer. 1995. Brontopodus and Parabrontopodus ichnogen. nov. and the significance of wide- and narrow-gauge sauropod trackways. Aspects of Sauropod Paleobiology. GAIA 10:135-145
Parent taxon: Parabrontopodidae according to C. A. Meyer et al. 2021
See also Diedrich 2011, Kaever and Lapparent 1974, Lallensack et al. 2015, Le Loeuff 2005, Le Loeuff et al. 2006, Lockley et al. 1995, Lockley et al. 2002, Niedzwiedzki and Pienkowski 2004 and Romero Molina et al. 2003
Sister taxon: Breviparopus
Subtaxa: Parabrontopodus barkhausensis Parabrontopodus distercii Parabrontopodus mcintoshi
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of China (13 collections), France (1), Spain (2)
• Jurassic of Chile (1), China (1), Croatia (2), France (3), Germany (3), Italy (5), Poland (4), Portugal (4), Romania (1), Spain (1), Switzerland (3), United States (2: Colorado)
Total: 46 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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