Bueckeburgichnus maximus Kuhn 1958 (theropod)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Eubrontidae

Alternative combination: Megalosauripus maximus

Full reference: O. Kuhn. 1958. Die Fährten der vorzeitlichen Amphibien und Reptilien [The Tracks of Prehistoric Amphibians and Reptiles] 1-64

Belongs to Bueckeburgichnus according to N. L. Razzolini et al. 2017

See also Boutakiout et al. 2009, Cobos et al. 2014, Fischer 1998, Haubold 1971, Haubold 1974, Jiménez Hernández et al. 2012, Kuhn 1958, Kuhn 1963, Lockley 2000, Lockley et al. 2018, Lockley et al. 1996, Marty et al. 2018, Mateus and Milàn 2010, McCrea et al. 2014, Meyer et al. 2021, Thulborn 1990, Thulborn 2001, Wings et al. 2007 and Xing et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Megalosauripus transjuranicus, Megalosauripus uzbekistanicus, Chodjapilesaurus krimholzi

Type specimen: Münster Museum of Geology and Paleontology B4B.9, a footprint. Its type locality is Harrl quarry tracksite, Bückeburg, which is in a Berriasian terrestrial sandstone in the Bückeberg Formation of Germany.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Harrl quarry tracksite, Bückeburg

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