Shensipus xiaoliheensis Li and Zhang 2017 (ornithopod)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Moyenisauropodidae

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 Shensipus according to Y.-X. Li and Y.-X. Zhang 2017

Sister taxa: Anomoepus crassus, Anomoepus culbertsonii, Anomoepus fringilla, Anomoepus gallinuloides, Anomoepus giganteus, Anomoepus lacertoideus, Anomoepus major, Anomoepus minutus, Anomoepus moghrebensis, Anomoepus palmipes, Anomoepus pienkovskii, Anomoepus ranivorus, Anomoepus scambus, Anomoepus shingi, Anomoepus turda, Moyenisauropus karaszevskii, Shensipus tungchuanensis

Type specimen: NWUV 1410 (field number: 12zz02), a footprint. Its type locality is Longweimao tracksite (layer b), which is in a Jurassic terrestrial sandstone in the Yan'an Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Longweimao tracksite (layer b)

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