Eubrontes lyellii Hitchcock 1843

Reptilia - Theropoda - Grallatoridae

Alternative combinations: Aethyopus lyellianus, Amblonyx lyellianus, Fulicopus lyellianus, Ornithoidichnites lyellii

Full reference: E. Hitchcock. 1843. Description of five new specie of fossil footmarks, from the red sandstone of the valley of the Connecticut River. Reports of the First, Second, and Third Meetings of the Association of American Geologists and Naturalists 1843:254-264

Belongs to Eubrontes according to E. C. Rainforth 2007

See also Haubold 1971, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Hitchcock 1843, Hitchcock 1845, Hitchcock 1848, Hitchcock 1871, Hitchcock 1889, Hitchcock 1898, Kuhn 1963, Lull 1904, Lull 1915, Lull 1953, Lyman 1894 and Warren 1854

Sister taxa: Eubrontes (Grallator), Eubrontes euskelosauroides, Eubrontes expansus, Eubrontes fieldi, Eubrontes giganteus, Eubrontes glenrosensis, Eubrontes minusculus, Eubrontes monax, Eubrontes nianpanshanensis, Eubrontes nobitai, Eubrontes pareschequier, Eubrontes platypus, Eubrontes sillimani, Eubrontes tatricus, Eubrontes veillonensis, Eubrontes xiyangensis, Eubrontes zigongensis, Lufengopus dongi, Megaichnites jizhaoshiensis, Tuojiangpus shuinanensis, Zizhongpus wumaensis, Brontozoum isodactylum, Brontozoum thianschanicum, Gigandipus minor, Gigandipus chiappei, Gigandipus hei, Gigandipus caudatus, Otouphepus declivis, Ichnites pterodactyli, Ornithichnites argenterae, Ornithichnites crassus, Zizhongpus wumanensis

Type specimen: AC 1/1, 1/7, a footprint. Its type locality is Lily Pond Quarry, Gill, which is in a Hettangian fluvial-lacustrine siltstone/sandstone in the Turners Falls Formation of Massachusetts.

Distribution:

• Jurassic of United States (3: Massachusetts collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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