Kayentapus ubacensis Gand et al. 2018 (theropod)

Reptilia - Theropoda

Full reference: G. Gand, E. Fara, C. Durlet, J.-D. Moreau, G. Caravaca, L. Baret, D. André, R. Lefillatre, A. Passet, M. Wiénin, and J.-P. Gély. 2018. Les pistes d’archosauriens: Kayentapus ubacensis nov. isp. (théropodes) et crocodylomorphes du Bathonien des Grands-Causses (France). Conséquences paléo-biologiques, environnementales et géographiques [Archosaurian trackways: Kayentapus ubacensis nov. isp. (theropods) and crocodylomorphs from the Bathonian of the Grands-Causses (France). Paleobiological, environmental and geographical implications]. Annales de Paléontologie 104(3):183-216

Belongs to Kayentapus according to G. Gand et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Kayentapus ambrokholohali, Kayentapus damarensis, Kayentapus hailiutuensis, Kayentapus hopii, Kayentapus minor, Kayentapus nananensis, Kayentapus otariensis, Kayentapus soltykovensis, Kayentapus xiaohebaensis, Talmontopus tersi

Type specimen: track A1, trackway A. Its type locality is Capelan tracksite, which is in a Bathonian sand shoal packstone in the Calcaires à Stipites Formation of France.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Capelan tracksite

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