Parabrontopodus distercii Meijide Fuentes et al. 2001 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia - Parabrontopodidae

Full reference: F. Meijide Fuentes, C. Fuentes Vidarte, and M. Meijide Calvo. 2001. Primeras huellas de saurópodo en el Weald de Soria (España), Parabrontopodus distercii, nov. ichnoesp. [First sauropod trackways in the Weald of Soria (Spain), Parabrontopodus distercii, nov. ischnosp.]. I Jornadas Internacionales sobre Paleontología de Dinosaurios y Su Entorno. Actas 407-415

Belongs to Parabrontopodus according to F. Meijide Fuentes et al. 2001

See also Barco and Ruiz-Omeñaca 2005, Poropat et al. 2021 and Xing et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Parabrontopodus barkhausensis, Parabrontopodus mcintoshi

Type specimen: LC14, LC15, a footprint. Its type locality is El Salgar de Sillas tracksite, Soria, which is in a Berriasian fluvial-deltaic sandstone/claystone in the Huérteles Formation of Spain.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at El Salgar de Sillas tracksite, Soria

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