Reptilia - Saurischia - Grallatoridae

Full reference: L. Xing, M. G. Lockley, H. Klein, R. Zeng, S. Cai, X. Luo, and C. Li. 2018. Theropod assemblages and a new ichnotaxon Gigandipus chiappei ichnosp. nov. from the Jiaguan Formation, Lower Cretaceous of Guizhou Province, China. Geoscience Frontiers 9:1745-1754

Belongs to Gigandipus according to L. Xing et al. 2018

See also Xing et al. 2021

Sister taxa: 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 xiyangensis, Eubrontes zigongensis, Lufengopus dongi, Megaichnites jizhaoshiensis, Tuojiangpus shuinanensis, Zizhongpus wumaensis, Ornithichnites argenterae, Ornithichnites crassus, Otouphepus declivis, Gigandipus caudatus, Gigandipus minor, Gigandipus hei, Brontozoum isodactylum, Brontozoum thianschanicum, Ichnites pterodactyli, Zizhongpus wumanensis

Type specimen: LJ-T1-R1, a footprint. Its type locality is Linjiang tracksite, which is in a Barremian/Albian fluvial sandstone/mudstone in the Jiaguan Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Linjiang tracksite

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.