Reptilia - Theropoda - Grallatoridae
Alternative spelling: Grallator (Eubrontes)
Synonyms: Amblonyx Hitchcock 1858, Amblyonyx Hitchcock 1858, Anchisauripus (Otouphepus) Cushman 1904, Brontozoum Hitchcock 1847, Chonglongpus Yang and Yang 1987, Eubrontes (Ornithichnites) Hitchcock 1836, Fulicopus Hitchcock 1845, Gigadipus Hitchcock 1855, Gigandipus Hitchcock 1855, Gigantitherium Hitchcock 1858, Hyphepus Hitchcock 1858, Ichnites Haubold 1971, Lufengopus Lü et al. 2006, Megaichnites Yang and Yang 1987, Ornithichnites Hitchcock 1836, Otouphebus Cushman 1904, Otouphepus Cushman 1904, Paracoelurosaurichnus Zhen et al. 1986, Tuojiangpus Yang and Yang 1987, Weiyuanpus Gao 2007, Youngichnus Zhen et al. 1986, Zizhongpus Yang and Yang 1987
Full reference: E. Hitchcock. 1845. An attempt to name, classify, and describe, the animals that made the fossil footmarks of New England. Sixth Annual Meeeting of the Association of American Geologists and Naturalists, New Haven, CT. Abstract and Proceedings 23-25
Parent taxon: Grallatoridae according to H. Klein and S. G. Lucas 2021
See also Baird 1957, Bock 1952, Demathieu and Haubold 1972, Ellenberger 1972, Gadow 1898, Gadow 1901, Gao 2007, Gierlinski 1991, Haubold 1969, Haubold 1971, Haubold 1974, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Hitchcock 1845, Hitchcock 1848, Hitchcock 1858, Hitchcock 1898, Hitchcock and Grier 1927, Hunt and Lucas 2006, Knoll 2005, Kuhn 1958, Kuhn 1963, Lapparent 1945, Lapparent and Montenat 1967, Leonardi 1979, Leonardi and Mietto 2000, Li et al. 2010, Lockley 1992, Lockley et al. 2013, Lü et al. 2006, Lucas et al. 2006, Lucas et al. 2006, Lull 1904, Lull 1915, Lull 1917, Lull 1953, Madsen and Miller 1979, Mansel-Pleydell 1902, Marty et al. 2018, Milàn and Gierlinski 2004, Niedźwiedzki 2011, Olsen and Galton 1984, Olsen et al. 1998, Owen 1861, Quenstedt 1882, Rainforth 2007, Romero Molina et al. 2003, Salisbury et al. 2016, Tsukiji et al. 2019, Vignaud et al. 1994, Weems 1987, Weems 2003, Weems 2006, Weishampel 2006, Xing et al. 2013, Xing et al. 2021, Xing et al. 2021, Yang and Yang 1987, Zhen et al. 1986 and Zhen et al. 1989
Sister taxa: Anchisauripus, Atreipus, Banisterobates, Dilophosauripus, Grallator, Iguanodonopus, Pengxianpus
Subtaxa: Brontozoum isodactylum Brontozoum thianschanicum 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 Gigandipus caudatus Gigandipus chiappei Gigandipus hei Gigandipus minor Ichnites pterodactyli Lufengopus dongi Megaichnites jizhaoshiensis Ornithichnites argenterae Ornithichnites crassus Otouphepus declivis Tuojiangpus shuinanensis Zizhongpus wumaensis Zizhongpus wumanensis
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Brazil (2 collections), China (17), the United Kingdom (1), United States (10: Arkansas, Maryland, Texas)
• Jurassic of Australia (1), Canada (6: Nova Scotia), China (11), France (13), India (1), Italy (4), Lesotho (7), Morocco (4), Namibia (1), Poland (1), Tajikistan (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (91: Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Utah, Virginia), Zimbabwe (1)
• Triassic to Jurassic of France (1), United States (2: Arizona, Utah)
• Triassic of Brazil (1), Canada (1: Nova Scotia), France (4), Italy (1), Morocco (3), Slovakia (1), Sweden (1), Switzerland (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (15: Arizona, New Jersey, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Utah, Virginia)
Total: 208 collections including 294 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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