Grallator variabilis Lapparent and Montenat 1967 (theropod)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Grallatoridae

Alternative combination: Grallator variables

Full reference: A. F. d. Lapparent and C. Montenat. 1967. Les empreintes de pas de reptiles de l'Infralias de Veillon (Vendée) [Reptile footprints from the lower Lias of Veillon (Vendée)]. Mémoires de la Société géologique de France, nouvelle série 107:1-44

Belongs to Grallator according to H. Haubold 1971

See also Bécaud 2007, Bessedik et al. 2008, Bessedik et al. 2020, Chabou et al. 2011, Clark et al. 2005, Courel et al. 1968, Demathieu 1993, Demathieu 2003, Demathieu et al. 2002, Demathieu and Haubold 1972, Demathieu and Sciau 1992, Gand et al. 2005, Gand et al. 2000, Haubold 1974, Lapparent and Montenat 1967, Leonardi and Carvalho 2021, Montenat and Bessonnat 2003, Moreau et al. 2019, Moreau et al. 2012, Moreau et al. 2017, Moreau et al. 2014, Moreau et al. 2018, Thulborn 1990, Vignaud et al. 1994 and Xing et al. 2009

Sister taxa: Chongqingpus microiscus, Grallator (Grallator), Grallator andeolensis, Grallator angustidigitus, Grallator anietangensis, Grallator anserinum, Grallator crassidigitus, Grallator cursorius, Grallator damanei, Grallator deambulator, Grallator digitigradus, Grallator emeiensis, Grallator graciosus, Grallator lacunensis, Grallator lambereshei, Grallator leribeensis, Grallator lescurei, Grallator limnosus, Grallator limosus, Grallator matsiengensis, Grallator maximus, Grallator minimus, Grallator minor, Grallator mokanametsongensis, Grallator molapoi, Grallator morijensis, Grallator moshoeshoei, Grallator olonensis, Grallator palustris, Grallator pingchuanensis, Grallator princeps, Grallator rapidus, Grallator rectilineus, Grallator rectus, Grallator sauclierensis, Grallator socialis, Grallator ssatoi, Grallator tenuis, Grallator tuberosus, Grallator yangi, Grallator yemiaoxiensis, Chuanchengpus wuhuangensis, Plastisauropus ingens, Platysauropus robustus, Agialopous wyomingensis, Prototrisauropus deambulator, Prototrisauropus gardonensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is L'Anse de la République tracksite, F6, which is in a Rhaetian estuary/bay sandstone/claystone in France

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of France (2 collections)

• Triassic to Jurassic of Algeria (1)

• Triassic of France (3)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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