Grallator limosus Zhen et al. 1986 (theropod)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Grallatoridae

Full reference: S. Zhen, J. Li, and C. Rao. 1986. [Dinosaur footprints of Jinning, Yunnan]. Memoirs of the Beijing Natural History Museum 33:1-19

Belongs to Grallator according to S. Zhen et al. 1986

See also Fujita et al. 2008, Li et al. 2021, Lockley et al. 2013, Xing et al. 2009, Xing et al. 2009, Xing et al. 2014, Xing et al. 2017 and Zhen et al. 1989

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 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 variabilis, Grallator yangi, Grallator yemiaoxiensis, Agialopous wyomingensis, Chuanchengpus wuhuangensis, Prototrisauropus gardonensis, Prototrisauropus deambulator, Plastisauropus ingens, Platysauropus robustus

Type specimen: BPV-FP1, a footprint. Its type locality is Xiiyang, Jinning tracksites (BPV), which is in a Hettangian terrestrial horizon in the Fengjiahe Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Xiiyang, Jinning tracksites (BPV)

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