Saurexallopus lovei Harris et al. 1996 (maniraptoran)

Reptilia - Theropoda

Alternative combinations: Exallopus lovei, Exallopus loveli

Full reference: J. D. Harris, K. R. Johnson, J. Hicks and L. Tauxe. 1996. Four-toed theropod footprints and a paleomagnetic age from the Whetstone Falls Member of the Harebell Formation (Upper Cretaceous: Maastrichtian), northwestern Wyoming. Cretaceous Research 17:381-401

Belongs to Saurexallopus according to M. G. Lockley et al. 2018

See also Gierlinski and Lockley 2013, Harris 1997, Harris et al. 1996, Llompart 2006, Lockley et al. 2003, McCrea et al. 2014 and McCrea et al. 2015

Sister taxa: Saurexallopus cordata, Saurexallopus zerbsti

Type specimen: DMNH 5989. Its type locality is Whetstone Creek tracksite, which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial sandstone in the Harebell Formation of Wyoming.

Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (2: Wyoming collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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