Alternative spelling: Plesiothornipos
Full reference: R. Harkness. 1850. Notice of a tridactylous footmark from the Bunter Sandstone of Weston Point, Cheshire. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 2 6(36):440-442
Parent taxon: Coelurosauria according to F. v. Huene 1959
See also Haubold 1971
Sister taxa: Alvarezsauria, Aratasaurus, Bicentenaria, Brasileosaurus, Bressanichnus, Britoichnium, Calamospondylus, Coeluridae, Coelurus, Compsognathidae, Cridotrisauropus, Deferrariischnium, Juravenator, Kainomoyenisauropus, Kol, Lapparentichnus, Lourinhanosaurus, Maniraptora, Maniraptoriformes, Megalosaurus lonzeensis, Megaraptora, Nedcolbertia, Neotripodiscus, Ngexisaurus, Ornithomimipodidae, Qomoqomosauropus, Satapliasaurus, Shanbeipus, Sinosauropteryx, Tanycolagreus, Taupezia, Trisauropodiscus, Tyrannosauroidea, Xinjiangovenator, Xiuningpus, Zuolong
Subtaxa: Plesiothornipos binneyi
Type: Plesiothornipos binneyi
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Weston Point Quarry (Triassic of the United Kingdom)
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