Otouphepus declivis Ellenberger 1970 (theropod)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Grallatoridae

Full reference: P. Ellenberger. 1970. Les niveaux paléontologiques de première apparition des mammifères primoridaux en Afrique du Sud et leur ichnologie. Establissement de zones stratigraphiques detaillees dans le Stormberg du Lesotho (Afrique du Sud) (Trias Supérieur à Jurassique) [The paleontological levels of the first appearance of primordial mammals in southern Africa and their ichnology. Establishment of detailed stratigraphic zones in the Stormberg of Lesotho (southern Africa) (Upper Triassic to Jurassic). In: S. H. Haughton (ed.), Second Symposium on Gondwana Stratigraphy and Paleontology, International Union of Geological Sciences. Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Pretoria 343-370

Belongs to Otouphepus according to P. E. Olsen and P. M. Galton 1984

See also Ellenberger 1970 and Ellenberger 1972

Sister taxa: Eubrontes (Grallator), Eubrontes euskelosauroides, Eubrontes expansus, Eubrontes fieldi, Eubrontes giganteus, Eubrontes glenrosensis, Eubrontes lyellii, Eubrontes minusculus, Eubrontes monax, Eubrontes nianpanshanensis, Eubrontes nobitai, Eubrontes pareschequier, Eubrontes platypus, Eubrontes sillimani, Eubrontes tatricus, Eubrontes veillonensis, Eubrontes xiyangensis, Eubrontes zigongensis, Lufengopus dongi, Megaichnites jizhaoshiensis, Tuojiangpus shuinanensis, Zizhongpus wumaensis, Ichnites pterodactyli, Brontozoum thianschanicum, Brontozoum isodactylum, Ornithichnites crassus, Ornithichnites argenterae, Gigandipus minor, Gigandipus chiappei, Gigandipus caudatus, Gigandipus hei, Zizhongpus wumanensis

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Cana tracksite (Jurassic of Lesotho)

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