Reptilia - Theropoda - Grallatoridae
Alternative combination: Jeholosauripus ssatoi
Full reference: H. Yabe, Y. Inai, and T. Shikama. 1940. Dinosaurian footprints found near Yangshan, Chinchou, Manchoukou. Journal of the Geological Society of Japan 47:169-170
Belongs to Grallator according to M. G. Lockley et al. 2013
See also Azuma and Takeyama 1991, Cheng 1984, Fujita et al. 2008, Haubold 1971, Haubold 1974, Kuhn 1958, Kuhn 1963, Li et al. 2022, Lockley and Matsukawa 1998, Lockley et al. 2014, Noda and Shikama 1941, Peng et al. 2005, Shikama 1942, Sullivan et al. 2009, Xing et al. 2009, Xing et al. 2009, Xing et al. 2011, Xing et al. 2015, Xing et al. 2015, Yabe et al. 1940, Young 1960 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 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 tenuis, Grallator tuberosus, Grallator variabilis, Grallator yangi, Grallator yemiaoxiensis, Prototrisauropus deambulator, Prototrisauropus gardonensis, Chuanchengpus wuhuangensis, Plastisauropus ingens, Platysauropus robustus, Agialopous wyomingensis
Type specimen: TIU 61677, a footprint. Its type locality is Ssuchiatzu tracksite, which is in a Kimmeridgian/Valanginian terrestrial sandstone/conglomerate in the Tuchengzi Formation of China.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of China (2 collections)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of China (2)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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