Grallator maximus Lapparent and Montenat 1967 (theropod)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Grallatoridae

Full reference: A. F. d. Lapparent and C. Montenat. 1967. Les empreintes de pas de reptiles de l'Infralias de Veillon (Vendée) [Reptile footprints from the lower Lias of Veillon (Vendée)]. Mémoires de la Société géologique de France, nouvelle série 107:1-44

Belongs to Grallator according to H. Haubold 1971

See also Clark et al. 2005, Courel et al. 1968, Demathieu 2003, Demathieu and Haubold 1972, Gand et al. 2000, Haubold 1974, Lapparent and Montenat 1967, Leonardi and Carvalho 2021, Michalík et al. 1976, Moreau et al. 2019, Rioult 1978, Vignaud et al. 1994, Xing et al. 2017 and Zhen et al. 1986

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 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 specimen: Its type locality is L'Anse de la République tracksite, F6, which is in a Rhaetian estuary/bay sandstone/claystone in France

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Brazil (2 collections)

• Triassic of France (3)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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