Brontopodus plagnensis Mazin et al. 2017 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia

Full reference: J.-M. Mazin, P. Hantzpergue, and N. Olivier. 2017. The dinosaur tracksite of Plagne (early Tithonian, Late Jurassic; Jura Mountains, France): the longest known sauropod trackway. Geobios 50(4):279-301

Belongs to Brontopodus according to J.-M. Mazin et al. 2017

See also Foster et al. 2025, Moreau et al. 2020 and Poropat et al. 2021

Sister taxa: Brontopodus birdi, Brontopodus changlingensis, Brontopodus oncalensis, Brontopodus pentadactylus, Brontopodus triangularis

Type specimen: trackway PGN 01, a footprint. Its type locality is Dinoplagne tracksite, which is in a Tithonian coastal mudstone in the Couches du Chailley Formation of France.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Dinoplagne tracksite

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