Apulosauripus Nicosia et al. 1999 (ornithischian)

Reptilia - Ornithischia

Full reference: U. Nicosia, M. Marino, N. Mariotti, C. Muraro, S. Panigutti, F. M. Petti, and E. Sacchi. 1999. The Late Cretaceous dinosaur tracksite near Altamura (Bari, southern Italy). II – Apulosauripus federicianus new ichnogen. and new ichnosp. Geologica Romana 35:237-247

Parent taxon: Ornithischia according to I. Díaz-Martínez et al. 2015

See also Dalla Vecchia 2006, Dalla Vecchia 2009, Dalla Vecchia 2014, Nicosia et al. 1999 and Xing et al. 2013

Sister taxa: Alocodon, Amtosaurus, Armatosauria, Cairanoolithidae, Chilesaurus, Delatorrichnopodidae, Delatorrichnus, Enoplosauria, Fabrosauridae, Fabrosaurus, Ferganocephale, Genasauria, Gregaripus, Gyrotrisauropus, Heterodontosauridae, Heterodontosauriformes, Komlosaurus, Krzyzanowskisaurus, Laquintasaura, Lesothosauria, Lesothosaurus, Ligabueichnium, Minisauripus, Neornithischia, Pisanosaurus, Predentata, Tacuarembovum, Trimucrodon, Poposauria, Stegosauroidae

Subtaxa: Apulosauripus federicianus

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Cava De Lucia, Altamura (Cretaceous of Italy)

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