Struthopus schaumburgensis Ballerstedt 1922 (ornithopod)

Reptilia - Ornithischia

Full reference: M. Ballerstedt. 1922. Zwei grosse, zweizehige Fährten hochbeiniger Bipeden aus dem Wealdensandstein bei Bückeburg [Two large, two-toed tracks from a long-legged biped in the Wealden sandstone of Bückeburg]. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 73:76-94

Belongs to Struthopus according to O. Kuhn 1963

See also Ballerstedt 1922, Fischer 1998 and Kuhn 1958

Sister taxa: Iguanodon anglicus, Iguanodon bernissartensis, Iguanodon galvensis, Iguanodon major

Type specimen: Its type locality is Harrl quarry tracksite, Bückeburg, which is in a Berriasian terrestrial sandstone in the Bückeberg Formation of Germany

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Harrl quarry tracksite, Bückeburg

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