Plesiothornipus Harkness 1850 (coelurosaur)

Reptilia - Theropoda

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

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Type: Plesiothornipos binneyi

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Weston Point Quarry (Triassic of the United Kingdom)

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