Full reference: C.-C. Young. 1960. Fossil footprints from China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 4(2):53-66
Parent taxon: Theropoda according to S. W. Salisbury et al. 2016
See also Díaz-Martínez et al. 2015, Haubold 1971, Haubold 1974, Kuhn 1963, Lockley et al. 2013, Poropat et al. 2023, Xing et al. 2009, Young 1960 and Zhen et al. 1989
Sister taxa: Ageroolithus, Allosaurus sibiricus, Altispinax, Anchisauripodidae, Archaeornithoididae, Avalonia, Avipoda, Boutakioutichnium, Bradycnemidae, Byakudansauropus, Calamospondylus, Carmelopodus, Chindesaurus, Coeluroidae, Coeluroidea, Compsognatha, Corpulentapus, Daemonosaurus, Deinocheirosauria, Deinodontia, Dispersituberoolithus, Elaphrosaurus iguidiensis, Elongatoolithidae, Embasaurus, Eodromaeus, Erythrovenator, Eubrontes titanopelobatidus, Eubrontidae, Eutynichnium, Fenestrosaurus, Filichnites, Fuscinapedis, Gigandipodidae, Grallatoridae, Gypsichnites, Hadrosaurichnus, Halticosaurus, Herrerasauridae, Himeoolithus, Hispanosauropus, Hunanpus, Iberosauripus, Iliosuchidae, Iranosauripus, Irenesauripus, Itsukisauropus, Jialingpus, Kakuru, Kakuru kujani, Kalohipus, Kayentapus, Kuwajimasauropus, Laevisoolithidae, Massospondylus rawesi, Megalosauropus, Megalosaurus cloacinus, Megalosaurus hungaricus, Megalosaurus insignis, Megalosaurus lydekkeri, Megalosaurus obtusus, Megalosaurus pombali, Moraesichnium, Neotheropoda, Nipponoolithus, Oblongoolithidae, Orcauichnites, Ordexallopus, Ornithoides, Ornithopodichnites, Ostafrikasaurus, Ostendichnus, Ovoraptor, Ozraptor, Paleotheropoda, Parachirotheriidae, Paracorpulentapus, Paragrallator, Picunichnus, Plectropus, Poekilopleuron schmidti, Protoavis, Prototrisauropodiscus, Ralikhomopus, Reticuloolithus, Salfitichnus, Saltopoides, Sarmientichnus, Saurocephalus monasterii, Sauropodidae, Segisauridae, Selenichnidae, Selenichnus, Shuangbaisaurus, Siamopodus, Sigilmassasauridae, Sinosaurus, Spinosauria, Stillatuberoolithus, Symphypoda, Szechuanosaurus, Tawa, Therangospodus, Triprismatoolithus, Trisauropodiscidae, Tristraguloolithus, Tubercuoolithus, Unenlagiidae, Vitakrisauria, Wakinosaurus, Wakinyantanka, Walgettosuchus, Wildeichnus, Xiangxipus, Yaverlandia, Zanclodon cambrensis, Zanclodon silesiacus, Zanclodontoidae, Zhengichnus, Zhengichnus jinningensis
Subtaxa: Yangtzepus clarkei Yangtzepus yipingensis
Type: Yangtzepus yipingensis
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Australia (2 collections), China (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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