Alternative combination: Pullornipes aureusaureus
Full reference: M. G. Lockley, M. Matsukawa, H. Ohira, J. Li, J. L. Wright, D. White, and P. Chen. 2006. Bird tracks from Liaoning Province, China: new insights into avian evolution during the Jurassic-Cretaceous transition. Cretaceous Research 27:33-43
Belongs to Pullornipes according to L. G. Buckley et al. 2016
See also Lockley et al. 2013, Lockley et al. 2006, Lockley et al. 2014, McCrea et al. 2014, Xing et al. 2011 and Xing et al. 2011
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: CU 212.21, 212.22, a footprint. Its type locality is Kangjiatun, "Golden Chicken" tracksite, which is in a Kimmeridgian/Valanginian terrestrial sandstone in the Tuchengzi Formation of China.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Kangjiatun, "Golden Chicken" tracksite
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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