Grallator tuberosus Hitchcock 1836

Reptilia - Theropoda - Grallatoridae

Alternative combinations: Anchisauripus tuberosus, Eubrontes tuberosus, Ornithichnites tuberosus, Ornithoidichnites tuberosus

Synonyms: Anchisauripus exertus Hitchcock 1858, Anchisauripus exsertus Hitchcock 1858, Anchisauripus milfordensis Bock 1952, Atreipus metneri Heller 1952, Atreipus metzneri Heller 1952, Atreipus milfordensis Bock 1952, Brontozoum exsertum Hitchcock 1858, Brontozoum loxonyx Hitchcock 1848, Brontozoum validum Hitchcock 1858, Coelurosaurichnus metzneri Heller 1952, Eubrontes exsertus Hitchcock 1858, Gigandipus milfordensis Bock 1952, Grallator gracilis Hitchcock 1837, Grallator magnificus Cushman 1904, Ornithichnites gracilis Hitchcock 1837, Otouphepus magnificus Cushman 1904, Plesiornis mirabilis Hitchcock 1865

Full reference: E. Hitchcock. 1836. Ornithichnology - description of the foot marks of birds, (Ornithichnites) on new Red Sandstone in Massachusetts. The American Journal of Science and Arts 29(2):307-340

Belongs to Grallator according to R. E. Weems 1992

See also Abbassi and Madanipour 2014, Baird 1957, Bock 1952, Buckland 1836, Courel and Demathieu 1976, Cushman 1904, D'Orazi Porchetti et al. 2008, Deane 1843, Deane 1861, Demathieu 1970, Demathieu and Haubold 1972, Ellenberger 1970, Ellenberger 1972, Fujita et al. 2008, Gand et al. 2000, Gierlinski 1996, Haubold 1969, Haubold 1971, Haubold 1974, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Heller 1952, Hitchcock 1836, Hitchcock 1836, Hitchcock 1837, Hitchcock 1837, Hitchcock 1841, Hitchcock 1843, Hitchcock 1844, Hitchcock 1845, Hitchcock 1848, Hitchcock 1858, Hitchcock 1865, Hitchcock 1871, Hitchcock 1889, Hitchcock 1898, Hitchcock and Grier 1927, Hunt and Lucas 2007, Klein and Haubold 2007, Klein and Lucas 2021, Kordos 2000, Kuhn 1958, Kuhn 1958, Kuhn 1963, Li et al. 2019, Lockley 1986, Lockley and Hunt 1995, Lucas and Sullivan 2006, Lull 1904, Lull 1915, Lull 1917, Lull 1953, Lyman 1894, Lyman 1895, Mayor and Sarjeant 2001, Miller 1879, Nelson 1965, Olsen 1980, Olsen 1981, Olsen and Baird 1986, Olsen and Baird 1986, Olsen and Galton 1984, Osi et al. 2011, Quenstedt 1882, Redfield 1843, Schmidt 1959, Szajna and Hartline 2003, Thulborn 1990, Thulborn 1993, Thulborn 2006, Thulborn and Wade 1984, Warren 1854, Weems 1987, Weems 2006, Weishampel 2006 and Welles 1971

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

Type specimens:

  • Grallator tuberosus: AC 31/73, a footprint
  • Anchisauripus exsertus: AC 16/6, a footprint. Its type locality is Ashael Lyman's, Northampton tracksite, which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian lacustrine - small sandstone/mudstone in the Portland Formation of Massachusetts.
  • Atreipus metzneri: Geologisches Institut Erlangen, a footprint. Its type locality is Altselingsback tracksite, which is in a Carnian terrestrial sandstone in the Middle Keuper Formation of Germany.
  • Atreipus milfordensis: LC S488, a footprint. 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.
  • Brontozoum loxonyx:
  • Brontozoum validum:
  • Grallator gracilis: AC 17/2, a footprint. Its type locality is Ferry above Turners Falls, tracksite, which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian fluvial-lacustrine sandstone in the Portland Formation of Massachusetts.
  • Otouphepus magnificus: BSNH 12857, a footprint. Its type locality is Lily Pond Quarry, Gill, which is in a Hettangian fluvial-lacustrine siltstone/sandstone in the Turners Falls Formation of Massachusetts.
  • Plesiornis mirabilis: AC 51/16, a footprint. Its type locality is Lily Pond Quarry, Gill, which is in a Hettangian fluvial-lacustrine siltstone/sandstone in the Turners Falls Formation of Massachusetts.

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Canada (1: Nova Scotia collection), Hungary (1), Lesotho (1), United States (31: Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Virginia)

• Triassic of Canada (2: Nova Scotia), Germany (1), United States (19: New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Utah, Virginia)

Total: 56 collections including 81 occurrences

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