Agialopous wyomingensis Branson and Mehl 1932 (theropod)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Grallatoridae

Full reference: E. B. Branson and M. G. Mehl. 1932. Footprints records from the Paleozoic and Mesozoic of Missouri, Kansas, and Wyoming. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 43:383-398

Belongs to Agialopous according to H. Haubold 1971

See also Branson and Mehl 1932, Haubold 1969, Hunt and Lucas 2007, Klein and Lucas 2021, Kuhn 1958, Kuhn 1963, Kvale et al. 2004 and Lockley and Hunt 1995

Sister taxa: Chongqingpus microiscus, Grallator (Grallator), Grallator andeolensis, Grallator angustidigitus, Grallator anietangensis, Grallator anserinum, Grallator crassidigitus, Grallator cursorius, Grallator damanei, Grallator deambulator, Grallator digitigradus, Grallator emeiensis, Grallator graciosus, Grallator lacunensis, Grallator lambereshei, Grallator leribeensis, Grallator lescurei, Grallator limnosus, Grallator limosus, Grallator matsiengensis, Grallator maximus, Grallator minimus, Grallator minor, Grallator mokanametsongensis, Grallator molapoi, Grallator morijensis, Grallator moshoeshoei, Grallator olonensis, Grallator palustris, Grallator pingchuanensis, Grallator princeps, Grallator rapidus, Grallator rectilineus, Grallator rectus, Grallator sauclierensis, Grallator socialis, Grallator ssatoi, Grallator tenuis, Grallator tuberosus, Grallator variabilis, Grallator yangi, Grallator yemiaoxiensis, Chuanchengpus wuhuangensis, Plastisauropus ingens, Platysauropus robustus, Prototrisauropus deambulator, Prototrisauropus gardonensis

Type specimen: UM 540 VP, a footprint. Its type locality is Sage Creek tracksite (Popo Agie), which is in a Norian/Rhaetian terrestrial sandstone in the Bell Springs Formation of Wyoming.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Sage Creek tracksite (Popo Agie)

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