Yangtzepus yipingensis Young 1960 (theropod)

Reptilia - Theropoda

Alternative combination: Yangtzepus yipinensis

Full reference: C.-C. Young. 1960. Fossil footprints from China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 4(2):53-66

Belongs to Yangtzepus according to I. Díaz-Martínez et al. 2015

See also Haubold 1971, Haubold 1974, He 1984, Kuhn 1963, Lockley et al. 2013, Salisbury et al. 2016, Xing et al. 2009, Xing et al. 2011, Xing et al. 2019, Xing et al. 2008, Young 1960, Young 1961 and Zhen et al. 1989

Sister taxon: Yangtzepus clarkei

Type specimen: IVPP V2473, a footprint. Its type locality is Guanyingchong tracksite, which is in a Barremian/Albian terrestrial sandstone in the Jiaguan Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Guanyingchong tracksite

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