Grallator tenuis Hitchcock 1858 (theropod)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Grallatoridae

Synonyms: Anchisauripus (Grallator) hitchcocki Lull 1904, Anchisauripus hitchcocki Lull 1904, Atreipus acadianus Olsen and Baird 1986, Grallator (Anchisauripus) hitchcocki Lull 1904, Grallator cuneatus Hitchcock 1858, Grallator formosus Hitchcock 1858

Belongs to Grallator according to R. E. Weems 1992

See also Anonymous 1937, Baird 1957, Bock 1952, Deane 1861, Demathieu 1970, Eriksen 1979, Eyerman 1889, Gand et al. 2000, Gierlinski and Niedzwiedzki 2002, Gierlinski and Pienkowski 1999, Haubold 1969, Haubold 1971, Haubold 1974, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Hitchcock 1871, Hitchcock 1889, Hitchcock 1898, Hitchcock and Grier 1927, Hunt and Lucas 2007, Khosla and Bajpai 2021, Klein and Lucas 2021, Kuhn 1958, Kuhn 1963, Lockley 1986, Lockley and Eisenberg 2006, Lull 1904, Lull 1915, Lull 1917, Lull 1953, Lyman 1894, Nelson 1965, Olsen 1981, Olsen 1989, Olsen and Baird 1986, Olsen and Galton 1984, Pannell 1986, Pienkowski et al. 2015, Szajna and Hartline 2003, Thorpe 1929, Thulborn 1990, Thulborn 1993, Thulborn 2006, Thulborn and Wade 1984, Wagensommer et al. 2016, Weems 1987, Weems 2006, Weishampel 2006 and Welles 1971

Sister taxa: Chongqingpus microiscus, Grallator (Grallator), Grallator andeolensis, Grallator angustidigitus, Grallator anietangensis, Grallator anserinum, Grallator crassidigitus, Grallator cursorius, Grallator damanei, Grallator deambulator, Grallator digitigradus, Grallator emeiensis, Grallator graciosus, Grallator lacunensis, Grallator lambereshei, Grallator leribeensis, Grallator lescurei, Grallator limnosus, Grallator limosus, Grallator matsiengensis, Grallator maximus, Grallator minimus, Grallator minor, Grallator mokanametsongensis, Grallator molapoi, Grallator morijensis, Grallator moshoeshoei, Grallator olonensis, Grallator palustris, Grallator pingchuanensis, Grallator princeps, Grallator rapidus, Grallator rectilineus, Grallator rectus, Grallator sauclierensis, Grallator socialis, Grallator ssatoi, Grallator tuberosus, Grallator variabilis, Grallator yangi, Grallator yemiaoxiensis, Chuanchengpus wuhuangensis, Plastisauropus ingens, Platysauropus robustus, Agialopous wyomingensis, Prototrisauropus deambulator, Prototrisauropus gardonensis

Type specimens:

  • Grallator tenuis: AC 12/3-12/4, a footprint. Its type locality is below Turners Falls, tracksite, which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian fluvial-lacustrine sandstone/shale in the Portland Formation of Massachusetts.
  • Anchisauripus hitchcocki: AC 56/1, a footprint. Its type locality is Lily Pond Quarry, Gill, which is in a Hettangian fluvial-lacustrine siltstone/sandstone in the Turners Falls Formation of Massachusetts.
  • Atreipus acadianus: PU 21713B, a footprint. Its type locality is Paddy's Island tracksite, which is in a Carnian terrestrial sandstone/siltstone in the Wolfville Formation of Canada.
  • Grallator cuneatus: AC 25/1, a footprint. Its type locality is Lily Pond Quarry, Gill, which is in a Hettangian fluvial-lacustrine siltstone/sandstone in the Turners Falls Formation of Massachusetts.
  • Grallator formosus: AC 3/1, 4/1, a footprint. Its type locality is Moody's Corner, which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian fluvial-lacustrine mudstone/sandstone in the Portland Formation of Massachusetts.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Canada (3: Nova Scotia collections), India (1), United States (30: Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Virginia)

• Triassic of Canada (2: Nova Scotia), United States (4: New Jersey, New Mexico, Pennsylvania)

Total: 40 collections including 51 occurrences

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