Pengxianpus cifengensis Yang and Yang 1987 (theropod)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Grallatoridae

Full reference: Y. X. Yang and Y. D. Yang. 1987. Sichuan Pen Di Kong Long Zu Yin Hua Shi [Dinosaur Footprints from Mesozoic of Sichuan Basin] 1-30

Belongs to Pengxianpus according to L.-D. Xing et al. 2013

See also Klein and Lucas 2021, Lockley et al. 2013, Peng et al. 2023, Wang et al. 2016 and Yang and Yang 1987

Sister taxon: Pengxianpus yulinensis

Type specimen: CPFC1–2, a footprint. Its type locality is Panlong Bridge tracksite, which is in a Rhaetian terrestrial horizon in the Xujiahe Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Panlong Bridge tracksite

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