Shensipus tungchuanensis Young 1966 (ornithopod)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Moyenisauropodidae

Alternative combinations: Anomoepus tungchuanensis, Shensipus tungchuanghensis

Full reference: C.-C. Young. 1966. Two footprints from the Jiaoping coal mine of Tungchuan, Shensi. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 10(1):68-71

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

See also Fujita et al. 2008, Haubold 1971, Haubold 1974, Hu et al. 2011, Kordos 1983, Leonardi and Carvalho 2021, Lockley et al. 1986, Lockley et al. 2013, Wang et al. 2016, Xing et al. 2009, Xing et al. 2015, Xing et al. 2016, Xing et al. 2017, Xing et al. 2017, Young 1966 and Zhen et al. 1989

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

Type specimen: IVPP V3229, a footprint. Its type locality is Jiaoping coal mine tracksite (IVPP), which is in a Jurassic terrestrial sandstone in the Zhiluo Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of China (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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