†family Moyenisauropodidae Ellenberger 1974 (ornithopod)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Moyenisauropodidae

Full reference: P. Ellenberger. 1974. Contribution à la classification des pistes de Vertébrés du Trias: les types du Stormberg d'Afrique du Sud (IIème partie: Le Stormberg superieur - I. Le biome de la zone B/1 ou niveau de Moyeni: ses biocénoses) [Contribution to the classification of the vertebrate tracks of the Triassic: the types from the Stormberg of South Africa (2nd part: The upper Stormberg - I. The biome of zone B/1 or Moyeni level: its biocoenoses]. Palaeovertebrata Mém. Ext.(1974):1-147

Parent taxon: Ornithopoda according to G. Gierlinski 1991

See also Ellenberger 1974

Sister taxa: Ampelognathus, Anomoepodidae, Bonaparteichnium, Brachypoda, Burianosaurus, Camptosaurichnus, Camptosauropus, Changchunsaurus, Changmiania, Clypeodonta, Dakotasaurus, Dinosauropodes, Dolichopoda, Euornithopoda, Fabrosauria, Gideonmantellia, Gilmoreosaurus arkhangelskyi, Goseongosauripus, Hypsiloichnus, Iguanodontipodidae, Iguanodontipodidae, Jiayinosauropus, Kalodontoidea, Laosaurus, Laosaurus celer, Laosaurus minimus, Nanosaurus, Ningxiapus, Ornithopoidea, Orodrominae, Othnielia, Phyllodon, Psilotrisauropus, Qantassaurus, Siluosaurus, Taponichnus, Telosichnus, Tetrapodosauridae, Trachodontoidea, Unespichnium, Walmadanyichnus, Weewarrasaurus, Wintonopus

Subtaxa: none

Type: Moyenisauropus

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of China (1 collection), United States (1: Colorado)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Canada (1: British Columbia)

• Jurassic of Argentina (1), Australia (2), Canada (3: Nova Scotia), China (11), Italy (1), Lesotho (6), Poland (8), Portugal (5), Spain (2), United States (45: Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Utah, Wyoming)

• Triassic of Italy (1), Morocco (1), Poland (1), United States (5: New Jersey, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Virginia)

Total: 95 collections including 157 occurrences

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