Minisauripus chuanzhuensis Zhen et al. 1994 (ornithischian)

Reptilia - Ornithischia

Full reference: S. Zhen, J. Li, B. Zhang, W. Chen, and S. Zhu. 1994. Dinosaur and bird footprints from the Lower Cretaceous of Emei County, Sichuan, China. Memoirs of Beijing Natural History Museum 54:105-120

Belongs to Minisauripus according to L. Xing et al. 2016

See also Lockley et al. 2016, Lockley et al. 2008, Lockley et al. 2013, Milàn and Surlyk 2015, Pascual-Arribas and Hernández-Medrano 2011, Wang et al. 2017, Xing et al. 2009, Xing et al. 2011, Xing et al. 2013 and Zhen et al. 1994

Sister taxon: Minisauripus zhenshuonani

Type specimen: CFEC-A-1, a footprint. Its type locality is Emei tracksite, Xingfu cliff, Chuanzhu, which is in a Barremian/Albian eolian mudstone/sandstone in the Jiaguan Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Emei tracksite, Xingfu cliff, Chuanzhu

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