Gigandipus caudatus Hitchcock 1855 (theropod)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Grallatoridae

Alternative combinations: Eubrontes caudatus, Gigadipus caudatus, Gigantitherium caudatum

Belongs to Gigandipus according to A. R. C. Milner et al. 2009

See also Baird 1957, Bock 1952, Haubold 1969, Haubold 1971, Haubold 1974, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Hitchcock 1855, Hitchcock 1856, Hitchcock 1871, Hitchcock 1889, Hitchcock 1898, Kuhn 1963, Leonardi and Carvalho 2021, Lull 1904, Lull 1915, Lull 1917, Lull 1924, Lull 1953, Lyman 1894, Quenstedt 1882, Rainforth 2007, Sarjeant 1975, Schmidt 1959, Thorpe 1929, Thulborn 1990, Weems 2003 and Xing et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Eubrontes (Grallator), Eubrontes euskelosauroides, Eubrontes expansus, Eubrontes fieldi, Eubrontes giganteus, Eubrontes glenrosensis, Eubrontes lyellii, 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, Otouphepus declivis, Ichnites pterodactyli, Ornithichnites argenterae, Ornithichnites crassus, Zizhongpus wumanensis

Type specimen: AC 9/9-10, 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.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of United States (2: Connecticut, Massachusetts collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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