Grallator limnosus 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 M. G. Lockley et al. 2013

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

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: there are no occurrences of Grallator limnosus in the database

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