Changpeipus longweimaoensis Li and Zhang 2017 (carnosaur)

Reptilia - Avetheropoda

Full reference: Y.-X. Li and Y.-X. Zhang. 2017. Early Middle Jurassic dinosaur footprints from Zizhou County, Shaanxi, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 55(3):276-288

Belongs to Changpeipus according to Y.-X. Li and Y.-X. Zhang 2017

See also Foster et al. 2025

Sister taxa: Changpeipus bartholomaii, Changpeipus carbonicus, Changpeipus xuiana

Type specimen: NWUV 1407 (field number: 12zz01), a footprint. Its type locality is Longweimao tracksite (layers c, d), which is in a Jurassic terrestrial sandstone in the Yan'an Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Longweimao tracksite (layers c, d)

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