Reptilia - Ornithischia - Moyenisauropodidae
Alternative combination: Hopiichnus shingi
Synonyms: Anomoepus moabensis Lockley et al. 1992, Trisauropodiscus moabensis Lockley et al. 1992
Full reference: S. P. Welles. 1971. Dinosaur footprints from the Kayenta Formation of northern Arizona. Plateau 44(1):27-38
Belongs to Anomoepus according to M. G. Lockley and G. D. Gierlinski 2006
See also Foster et al. 2025, Hunt and Lucas 2006, Irby 1993, Lockley 1986, Lockley and Hunt 1995, Lockley et al. 1992, Morales 1986, Morales and Colbert 1986, Thulborn 1990, Thulborn and Wade 1984 and Welles 1971
Sister taxa: Anomoepus crassus, Anomoepus culbertsonii, Anomoepus fringilla, Anomoepus gallinuloides, Anomoepus giganteus, Anomoepus lacertoideus, Anomoepus major, Anomoepus minutus, Anomoepus moghrebensis, Anomoepus palmipes, Anomoepus pienkovskii, Anomoepus ranivorus, Anomoepus scambus, Anomoepus turda, Moyenisauropus karaszevskii, Shensipus xiaoliheensis, Shensipus tungchuanensis
Type specimens:
- Anomoepus shingi: UCMP 83760, a footprint (cast of trackway (3 prints)). Its type locality is Moenkopi Wash tracksite, UCMP V6898, which is in a Sinemurian/Pliensbachian terrestrial mudstone in the Kayenta Formation of Arizona.
- Anomoepus moabensis: CU-MWC 181.3, a footprint. Its type locality is Potash Road Dinosaur tracksite, which is in a Pliensbachian/Toarcian terrestrial sandstone in the Navajo Sandstone Formation of Utah.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of United States (2: Arizona, Utah collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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