Eosauropus cimarronensis Lockley et al. 2006 (sauropodomorph)

Reptilia - Saurischia

Full reference: M. G. Lockley, S. G. Lucas, and A. P. Hunt. 2006. Eosauropus, a new name for a Late Triassic track: further observations on the Late Triassic ichnogenus Tetrasauropus and related forms, with notes on the limits of interpretation. The Triassic-Jurassic Terrestrial Transition. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 37:192-198

Belongs to Eosauropus according to H. Klein and S. G. Lucas 2021

See also Hunt and Lucas 2007, Lockley et al. 2006 and Salisbury et al. 2016

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CU MWC 172.21, a footprint. Its type locality is Peacock Canyon tracksite, which is in a Norian floodplain sandstone/siltstone in the Sloan Canyon Formation of New Mexico.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Triassic of United States (4: Colorado, New Mexico, Utah collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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