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Eubrontes

Reptilia - Grallatoridae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1836Ornithichnites Hitchcock p. 315
1845Eubrontes Hitchcock p. 23
1845Fulicopus Hitchcock p. 23
1847Brontozoum Hitchcock p. 50
1848Brontozoum Hitchcock p. 169
1858Amblonyx Hitchcock pp. 63, 70
1858Brontozoum isodactylum Hitchcock pp. 69-70
1858Amblonyx Hitchcock p. 70
1858Gigantitherium Hitchcock p. 93
1858Hyphepus Hitchcock pp. 97, 180
1861Ornithichnites Owen p. 325
1861Brontozoum Owen p. 327
1882Brontozoum Quenstedt p. 130
1882Amblyonyx Quenstedt p. 131
1882Gigantitherium Quenstedt p. 132
1889Brontozoum isodactylum Eyerman p. 32
1894Brontozoum isodactylum Lyman p. 205
1898Brontozoum Gadow p. 22
1898Amblonyx Hitchcock p. 401
1898Brontozoum Hitchcock p. 401
1898Gigantitherium Hitchcock p. 401
1898Hyphepus Hitchcock p. 401
1901Brontozoum Gadow p. 420
1902Brontozoum Mansel-Pleydell p. lxxviii
1904Otouphepus Cushman p. 155
1904Gigandipus Lull p. 492
1904Hyphepus Lull p. 493
1904Fulicopus Lull p. 505
1904Eubrontes Lull p. 510
1915Otouphepus Lull p. 187
1915Gigandipus Lull p. 191
1915Hyphepus Lull p. 193
1915Eubrontes Lull p. 195
1917Otouphepus Lull p. 114
1917Eubrontes Lull p. 115
1917Gigandipus Lull p. 115
1917Hyphepus Lull p. 115
1927Eubrontes Hitchcock and Grier p. 187
1952Gigandipus Bock p. 403
1952Otouphebus Bock p. 407
1953Otouphepus Lull p. 176
1953Eubrontes Lull p. 178
1953Gigandipus Lull p. 184
1953Hyphepus Lull p. 186
1958Eubrontes Kuhn p. 22
1958Gigandipus Kuhn p. 23
1958Hyphepus Kuhn p. 23
1958Otouphepus Kuhn p. 23
1963Eubrontes Kuhn p. 83
1963Gigandipus Kuhn p. 84
1963Hyphepus Kuhn p. 85
1967Eubrontes Lapparent and Montenat p. 33
1969Eubrontes Haubold p. 99
1969Gigandipus Haubold p. 99
1969Hyphepus Haubold p. 99
1971Ichnites Haubold
1971Anchisauripus (Otouphepus) Haubold p. 65
1971Eubrontes Haubold p. 75
1971Gigandipus Haubold p. 77
1971Hyphepus Haubold p. 77
1972Eubrontes Demathieu and Haubold p. 806
1972Otouphepus Ellenberger p. 152
1974Eubrontes Haubold p. 45
1974Gigandipus Haubold p. 45
1974Hyphepus Haubold p. 45
1979Eubrontes Leonardi p. 244
1979Eubrontes Madsen and Miller p. 36
1984Grallator (Eubrontes) Olsen and Galton p. 97
1986Paracoelurosaurichnus Zhen et al. p. 4
1986Eubrontes Zhen et al. p. 9
1986Youngichnus Zhen et al. p. 10
1986Youngichnus xiyangensis Zhen et al. p. 10–11 fig. 8
1987Eubrontes Weems p. 17
1987Chonglongpus Yang and Yang
1987Zizhongpus Yang and Yang p. 9
1987Zizhongpus wumaensis Yang and Yang p. 9–10 fig. 4
1987Tuojiangpus Yang and Yang p. 17 fig. 12
1987Tuojiangpus shuinanensis Yang and Yang p. 17 fig. 12
1987Chonglongpus Yang and Yang p. 18 fig. 13
1987Gigandipus Yang and Yang p. 19
1987Megaichnites Yang and Yang p. 19
1987Megaichnites jizhaoshiensis Yang and Yang p. 19 fig. 14
1989Eubrontes Zhen et al. pp. 192-193
1989Paracoelurosaurichnus Zhen et al. p. 192
1989Youngichnus Zhen et al. p. 193
1989Youngichnus xiyangensis Zhen et al. p. 193
1991Grallator (Eubrontes) Gierlinski p. 137
1992Eubrontes Lockley p. 272
1994Eubrontes Vignaud et al. p. 497
2000Eubrontes Leonardi and Mietto p. 197
2003Eubrontes Romero Molina et al. p. 24
2003Gigandipus Romero Molina et al. p. 24
2003Hyphepus Romero Molina et al. p. 24
2003Otouphepus Romero Molina et al. p. 24
2003Paracoelurosaurichnus Romero Molina et al. p. 24
2003Youngichnus Romero Molina et al. p. 24
2004Grallator (Eubrontes) Milàn and Gierlinski p. 71
2006Eubrontes Lucas et al. p. 86–87
2006Eubrontes Lucas et al. p. 114
2006Lufengopus Lü et al. pp. 35-36
2006Lufengopus dongi Lü et al. p. 36 figs. 3A-B
2006Eubrontes Weems p. 372
2006Eubrontes Weishampel p. 137
2007Weiyuanpus Gao p. 342
2007Eubrontes Gao p. 345
2007Youngichnus Gao p. 345
2007Youngichnus xiyangensis Gao p. 345
2007Lufengopus dongi Lü et al. p. 441
2008Lufengopus dongi Fujita et al. p. 33
2008Youngichnus xiyangensis Fujita et al. p. 33
2009Lufengopus dongi Xing et al. p. 17
2009Youngichnus xiyangensis Xing et al. p. 23
2010Eubrontes Li et al. p. 726
2011Eubrontes Niedźwiedzki p. 296
2013Eubrontes xiyangensis Lockley et al. p. 6
2013Kayentapus jizhaoshiensis Lockley et al. p. 6
2013Kayentapus wumaensis Lockley et al. p. 6
2014Eubrontes xiyangensis Xing et al. p. 344
2014Kayentapus jizhaishiensis Xing et al. p. 310
2014Kayentapus wumaensis Xing et al. p. 310
2016Eubrontes Salisbury et al. p. 36
2017Eubrontes xiyangensis Li and Zhang p. 280
2017Kayentapus jizhaoshiensis Li and Zhang p. 280
2017Lufengopus dongi Li and Zhang p. 280
2017Youngichnus xiyangensis Xing et al. p. 115
2018Eubrontes Marty et al. p. 943
2019Eubrontes Tsukiji et al. p. 6
2021Eubrontes Klein and Lucas p. 10
2021Eubrontes xiyangensis Li et al. p. 14
2021Kayentapus wumaensis Li et al. p. 18
2022Lufengopus dongi Li et al. p. 4235

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
RankNameAuthor
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
familyGrallatoridae
genusEubrontes

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Eubrontes Hitchcock 1845
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Subg. †Eubrontes (Grallator) Olsen 1981
Eubrontes expansus Hitchcock 1841
Eubrontes fieldi Hitchcock 1858
Eubrontes giganteus Hitchcock 1836
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Invalid names: Eubrontes approximatus Hitchcock 1865 [synonym], Eubrontes divaricatus Hitchcock 1865 [synonym]
Eubrontes glenrosensis Shuler 1935
Eubrontes lyellii Hitchcock 1843
Eubrontes minusculus Hitchcock 1837
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Invalid names: Eubrontes tuberatus Hitchcock 1858 [synonym], Plesiornis giganteus Hitchcock 1889 [synonym]
Eubrontes monax Zhen et al. 1986
Eubrontes nianpanshanensis Yang and Yang 1987
Eubrontes nobitai Xing et al. 2021
Eubrontes pareschequier Xing et al. 2009
Eubrontes platypus Hitchcock 1858
Eubrontes sillimani Hitchcock 1843
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Invalid names: Anchisauripus dananus Hitchcock 1845 [synonym], Ornithichnites cuneatus Hitchcock 1837 [synonym], Otouphepus minor Lull 1915 [synonym]
Eubrontes tatricus Michalík and Sykora 1976
Eubrontes veillonensis Lapparent and Montenat 1967
Invalid names: Brontozoum Hitchcock 1847 [synonym], Eubrontes xiyangensis Zhen et al. 1986 [nomen dubium], Fulicopus Hitchcock 1845 [synonym], Gigandipus Hitchcock 1855 [synonym], Hyphepus Hitchcock 1858 [synonym], Ichnites Haubold 1971 [synonym], Lufengopus Lü et al. 2006 [synonym], Lufengopus dongi Lü et al. 2006 [nomen dubium], Megaichnites Yang and Yang 1987 [synonym], Megaichnites jizhaoshiensis Yang and Yang 1987 [nomen dubium], Ornithichnites Hitchcock 1836 [synonym], Otouphepus Cushman 1904 [synonym], Paracoelurosaurichnus Zhen et al. 1986 [synonym], Tuojiangpus Yang and Yang 1987 [synonym], Tuojiangpus shuinanensis Yang and Yang 1987 [nomen dubium], Weiyuanpus Gao 2007 [synonym], Youngichnus Zhen et al. 1986 [synonym], Zizhongpus Yang and Yang 1987 [synonym], Zizhongpus wumaensis Yang and Yang 1987 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. Hitchcock 1848 (Brontozoum)Foot tridactylous, pachydactylous, tubercular-clawed; inner toe shortest; all of them directed forward. Phalangeal expansions on the inner toe, two; on the middle toe, three; on the outer toe, four; corresponding to the number of phalanges, except the distal expansion, which was probably made by the two extreme phalanges. Lower extremity of the tarso-metatarsal bone double-headed; rarely making a distinct impression through the cushion beneath. Cushion sloping upwards posteriorly. Claws on the lateral toes a little outside of their axes; on the middle toe, a little towards its inner side.
R. S. Lull 1915 (Gigandipus)Those of the family, the most readily recognized being the small hallux which lies at right angles to digit II, instead of being rotated far to the rear as in Anchisauripus.
R. S. Lull 1915Those of the family.
R. S. Lull 1915 (Hyphepus)Bipedal, tetradactylous, hallux incumbent, curved sharply backward. Phalangeal pads obscurely defined; anterior digits apparently clawless.
H. Klein and S. G. Lucas 2021Large (> 30 cm long), functionally tridactyl ichnite in which the digit III projection ratio is about 2.2, and the length-to-width ratio is about 1.4 to 1.5. Projection of digits II and IV along the axis of digit III about equal. Divarication of outer digits 30°-40°.