Grallator cursorius Hitchcock 1858 (theropod)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Grallatoridae

Alternative combination: Eubrontes cursorius

Synonyms: Anchisauripus parallelus Hitchcock 1837, Atreipus sulcatus Baird 1957, Brontozoum parallelum Hitchcock 1837, Grallator parallelus Hitchcock 1837, Grallator sulcatus Baird 1957, Ornithichnites parallelus Hitchcock 1837

Belongs to Grallator according to H. Klein and S. G. Lucas 2021

See also Abrahams et al. 2020, Baird 1957, Bock 1952, Courel and Demathieu 1976, Demathieu 1970, Ellenberger 1970, Fujita et al. 2008, Gallagher and Hanczaryk 2006, Gand et al. 2000, Gierlinski and Pienkowski 1999, Haubold 1969, Haubold 1971, Haubold 1974, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Hitchcock 1837, Hitchcock 1847, Hitchcock 1848, Hitchcock 1862, Hitchcock 1871, Hitchcock 1889, Hitchcock 1898, Hunt and Lucas 2006, Hunt and Lucas 2006, Hunt and Lucas 2007, Irby 1996, Klein and Haubold 2007, Kuhn 1958, Kuhn 1963, Lockley and Eisenberg 2006, Lull 1904, Lull 1915, Lull 1917, Lull 1953, Lyman 1894, Melchor and de Valais 2006, Miller 1879, Nelson 1965, Niedźwiedzki 2011, Olsen 1981, Olsen and Baird 1986, Olsen and Galton 1984, Olsen et al. 1998, Rainforth 2007, Schmidt 1959, Szajna and Hartline 2003, Thulborn 1990, Thulborn 1993, Thulborn and Wade 1984, Wagensommer et al. 2016, Warren 1854, Weems 1987, Weems 1992, Weems 2006, Weishampel 2006, Xing et al. 2009 and Xing et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Chongqingpus microiscus, Grallator (Grallator), Grallator andeolensis, Grallator angustidigitus, Grallator anietangensis, Grallator anserinum, Grallator crassidigitus, 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 tuberosus, Grallator variabilis, Grallator yangi, Grallator yemiaoxiensis, Chuanchengpus wuhuangensis, Plastisauropus ingens, Platysauropus robustus, Agialopous wyomingensis, Prototrisauropus deambulator, Prototrisauropus gardonensis

Type specimens:

  • Grallator cursorius: AC 4/1, a footprint. Its type locality is Moody's Corner, which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian fluvial-lacustrine mudstone/sandstone in the Portland Formation of Massachusetts.
  • Atreipus sulcatus: MCZ 215, a footprint. Its type locality is Messrs. Clark Quarry, Milford (level A), which is in a Norian terrestrial shale/sandstone in the Passaic Formation of New Jersey.
  • Ornithichnites parallelus: AC 54/8, a footprint. Its type locality is Moody's Corner, which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian fluvial-lacustrine mudstone/sandstone in the Portland Formation of Massachusetts.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of China (1 collection)

• Jurassic of Canada (3: Nova Scotia), United States (14: Connecticut, Massachusetts, Utah)

• Triassic to Jurassic of United States (3: Arizona, Utah)

• Triassic of United States (18: Arizona, Colorado, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah)

Total: 39 collections including 48 occurrences

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