Reptilia - Theropoda - Grallatoridae
Synonym: Anchisauropodidae Lull 1904
Full reference: R. S. Lull. 1904. Fossil footprints of the Jura-Trias of North America. Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History 5(11):461-557
Parent taxon: Theropoda according to M. T. Carrano 2023
See also Baird 1957, Bock 1952, Ellenberger 1974, Gierlinski 1991, Haubold 1971, Hitchcock and Grier 1927, Kuhn 1958, Kuhn 1963, Kuhn 1966, Li et al. 2010, Lull 1904, Lull 1915, Lull 1953, Mietto et al. 2000 and Welles 1971
Sister taxa: Ageroolithus, Allosauroidea, Allosaurus sibiricus, Altispinax, Anchisauripodidae, Archaeornithoididae, Avalonia, Avipoda, Boutakioutichnium, Bradycnemidae, Byakudansauropus, Calamospondylus, Carmelopodus, Chindesaurus, Coeluroidae, Coeluroidea, Compsognatha, Corpulentapus, Daemonosaurus, Deinocheirosauria, Deinodontia, Dilophosaurus, Dispersituberoolithus, Elaphrosaurus iguidiensis, Elongatoolithidae, Embasaurus, Eodromaeus, Erythrovenator, Eubrontes titanopelobatidus, Eubrontidae, Eutynichnium, Fenestrosaurus, Filichnites, Fuscinapedis, Gigandipodidae, Gypsichnites, Hadrosaurichnus, Halticosaurus, Herrerasauridae, Himeoolithus, Hispanosauropus, Hunanpus, Iberosauripus, Iliosuchidae, Iranosauripus, Irenesauripus, Itsukisauropus, Jialingpus, Kakuru, Kakuru kujani, Kalohipus, Kayentapus, Kuwajimasauropus, Laevisoolithidae, Massospondylus rawesi, Megalosauropus, Megalosaurus cloacinus, Megalosaurus hungaricus, Megalosaurus insignis, Megalosaurus lydekkeri, Megalosaurus obtusus, Megalosaurus pombali, Moraesichnium, Neotheropoda, Nipponoolithus, Oblongoolithidae, Orcauichnites, Ordexallopus, Ornithoides, Ornithopodichnites, Ostafrikasaurus, Ostendichnus, Ovoraptor, Ozraptor, Paleotheropoda, Parachirotheriidae, Paracorpulentapus, Paragrallator, Picunichnus, Plectropus, Poekilopleuron schmidti, Protoavis, Prototrisauropodiscus, Reticuloolithus, Salfitichnus, Sarmientichnus, Saurocephalus monasterii, Sauropodidae, Segisauridae, Selenichnidae, Selenichnus, Shuangbaisaurus, Siamopodus, Sigilmassasauridae, Sinosaurus, Spinosauria, Stillatuberoolithus, Symphypoda, Szechuanosaurus, Tawa, Tetanurae, Therangospodus, Triprismatoolithus, Trisauropodiscidae, Tristraguloolithus, Tubercuoolithus, Unenlagiidae, Vitakrisauria, Wakinosaurus, Wakinyantanka, Walgettosuchus, Wildeichnus, Xiangxipus, Yangtzepus, Yaverlandia, Zanclodon cambrensis, Zanclodon silesiacus, Zanclodontoidae, Zhengichnus, Zhengichnus jinningensis
Subtaxa: Anchisauripus Atreipus Banisterobates Dilophosauripus Eubrontes Grallator Iguanodonopus Pengxianpus
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Argentina (2 collections), Brazil (5), China (30), South Korea (1), Spain (5), the United Kingdom (1), United States (16: Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Maryland, New Mexico, Texas)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of China (6)
• Jurassic of Argentina (2), Australia (1), Canada (6: Nova Scotia), China (24), France (18), Germany (1), Hungary (1), India (1), Iran (1), Italy (5), Lesotho (20), Mexico (1), Morocco (4), Namibia (2), Poland (8), Portugal (1), South Africa (2), Tajikistan (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (134: Arizona, Arizona/Utah, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah, Virginia), Zimbabwe (1)
• Triassic to Jurassic of Algeria (1), France (1), United States (11: Arizona, Utah)
• Triassic of Argentina (1), Australia (1), Brazil (2), Canada (3: Nova Scotia), China (3), France (24), Germany (3), Greenland (1), Italy (4), Lesotho (4), Morocco (11), Poland (2), Slovakia (1), South Africa (2), Sweden (1), Switzerland (2), the United Kingdom (6), United States (95: Arizona, Colorado, Maryland, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Utah, Virginia, Wyoming)
Total: 482 collections including 823 occurrences