Reptilia - Theropoda - Grallatoridae
Alternative combination: Deuterotrisauropus socialis
Full reference: P. Ellenberger. 1970. Les niveaux paléontologiques de première apparition des mammifères primoridaux en Afrique du Sud et leur ichnologie. Establissement de zones stratigraphiques detaillees dans le Stormberg du Lesotho (Afrique du Sud) (Trias Supérieur à Jurassique) [The paleontological levels of the first appearance of primordial mammals in southern Africa and their ichnology. Establishment of detailed stratigraphic zones in the Stormberg of Lesotho (southern Africa) (Upper Triassic to Jurassic). In: S. H. Haughton (ed.), Second Symposium on Gondwana Stratigraphy and Paleontology, International Union of Geological Sciences. Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Pretoria 343-370
Belongs to Grallator according to P. E. Olsen and P. M. Galton 1984
See also Ellenberger 1970, Ellenberger 1972, Klein and Lucas 2021 and Lockley et al. 2011
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 ssatoi, Grallator tenuis, Grallator tuberosus, Grallator variabilis, Grallator yangi, Grallator yemiaoxiensis, Prototrisauropus deambulator, Prototrisauropus gardonensis, Plastisauropus ingens, Platysauropus robustus, Agialopous wyomingensis, Chuanchengpus wuhuangensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Maphutseng II tracksite (zone A/4), which is in a Norian/Rhaetian terrestrial sandstone/claystone in the Elliot Formation of Lesotho
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Lesotho (1 collection)
• Triassic of Lesotho (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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