Parabrontopodus mcintoshi Lockley et al. 1995 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia - Parabrontopodidae

Alternative combinations: Parabrontopodus macintoshi, Parabrontopodus mccintoshi

Full reference: M. G. Lockley, J. O. Farlow, and C. A. Meyer. 1995. Brontopodus and Parabrontopodus ichnogen. nov. and the significance of wide- and narrow-gauge sauropod trackways. Aspects of Sauropod Paleobiology. GAIA 10:135-145

Belongs to Parabrontopodus according to M. Avanzini et al. 2003

See also Castanera et al. 2013, Foster and Lockley 2006, Kim et al. 2009, Kim and Lockley 2012, Lee and Lee 2006, Lockley et al. 1995, Lockley and Gierlinksi 2014, Marty et al. 2010, Meyer et al. 2021, Moreau et al. 2020, Pienkowski et al. 2009, Poropat et al. 2021, Romano et al. 2007, Romano and Whyte 2012, Salisbury et al. 2016, Santos et al. 2009, Tomaselli et al. 2022, Torcida Fernández-Baldor et al. 2015, Xing et al. 2010, Xing et al. 2013, Xing et al. 2015 and Xing et al. 2015

Sister taxa: Parabrontopodus barkhausensis, Parabrontopodus distercii

Type specimen: CU-MWC 190.5, a footprint (cast of manus-pes set). Its type locality is Purgatoire River tracksite, Unit B2, which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian coastal lime mudstone in the Morrison Formation of Colorado.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Purgatoire River tracksite, Unit B2

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