Anomoepus moabensis Lockley et al. 1992 (ornithopod)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Moyenisauropodidae

Alternative combination: Trisauropodiscus moabensis

Full reference: M. G. Lockley, S.Y. Yang, M. Matsukawa, F. Fleming, and S.K. Lim. 1992. The track record of Mesozoic birds: evidence and implications. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences 336:113-134

Belongs to Anomoepus according to M. G. Lockley and G. D. Gierlinski 2006

See also Hunt and Lucas 2006, Lockley and Hunt 1995 and Lockley et al. 1992

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 shingi, Anomoepus turda, Moyenisauropus karaszevskii, Shensipus xiaoliheensis, Shensipus tungchuanensis

Type specimen: 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: found only at Potash Road Dinosaur tracksite

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