Eubrontes nobitai Xing et al. 2021 (theropod)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Grallatoridae

Full reference: L.-D. Xing, M. G. Lockley, H. Klein, L.-J. Zhang, A. Romilio, W. S. Persons, G.-Z. Peng, Y. Ye, and M.-Y. Wang. 2021. The new ichnotaxon Eubrontes nobitai ichnosp. nov. and other saurischian tracks from the Lower Cretaceous of Sichuan Province and a review of Chinese Eubrontes-type tracks. Journal of Palaeogeography 10(17)

Belongs to Eubrontes according to L.-D. 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 pareschequier, Eubrontes platypus, Eubrontes sillimani, Eubrontes tatricus, Eubrontes veillonensis, Eubrontes xiyangensis, Eubrontes zigongensis, Lufengopus dongi, Megaichnites jizhaoshiensis, Tuojiangpus shuinanensis, Zizhongpus wumaensis, Gigandipus chiappei, Gigandipus minor, Gigandipus caudatus, Gigandipus hei, Brontozoum isodactylum, Brontozoum thianschanicum, Ornithichnites crassus, Ornithichnites argenterae, Otouphepus declivis, Ichnites pterodactyli, Zizhongpus wumanensis

Type specimen: JYX-T1-L1, a footprint. Its type locality is Jinyuxi tracksite, which is in a Barremian/Albian wet floodplain siltstone/sandstone in the Jiaguan Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Jinyuxi tracksite

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