Asianopodus pulvinicalx Matsukawa et al. 2005 (theropod)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Eubrontidae

Alternative combination: Asianopodus pulvinicalyx

Full reference: M. Matsukawa, K. Shibata, R. Kukihara, K. Koarai, and M. G. Lockley. 2005. Review of Japanese dinosaur track localities: implications for ichnotaxonomy, paleogeography and stratigraphic correlation. Ichnos 12(3):201-222

Belongs to Asianopodus according to L.-D. Xing et al. 2021

See also Fujita 2008, Krapovickas et al. 2020, Li et al. 2020, Lockley et al. 2018, Matsukawa et al. 2005, Xing et al. 2019 and Xing et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Asianopodus niui, Asianopodus robustus

Type specimen: TGUSE-DT1004, a footprint. Its type locality is Mekkodani, Okuchi tracksite, which is in a Hauterivian/Barremian terrestrial siltstone in the Kuwajima Formation of Japan.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of China (1 collection), Japan (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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