Sauropus ingens Hitchcock 1889 (theropod)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Sauropodidae

Alternative combination: Chimaerichnus ingens

Full reference: C. H. Hitchcock. 1889. Recent progress in ichnology. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 24(8):117-127

Belongs to Sauropus according to O. P. Hay 1930

See also Hay 1902, Hitchcock 1889 and Hitchcock 1898

Sister taxa: Sauropus (Sauroidichnites), Sauropus barrattii

Type specimen: Its type locality is Smith Clark's quarry, Milford (level B), which is in a Norian terrestrial shale/sandstone in the Passaic Formation of New Jersey

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Smith Clark's quarry, Milford (level B)

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