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Grallator pingchuanensis
Taxonomy
Grallator pingchuanensis was named by Li et al. (2019). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is PC-TI1, TI5, TI8, TI9 (cast IVPG-F001), a footprint, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Pingchuan tracksite, assemblge A, which is in a Bathonian lacustrine deltaic sandstone in the Wangjiashan Formation of China.
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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.
†Grallator pingchuanensis Li et al. 2019
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Diagnosis
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D.-Q. Li et al. 2019 | Grallatorid trackway showed elongate tridactyl mesaxonic Grallator-like pes with high pace angulation values. Manus tracks were tridactyl, ectaxonic short and wide, situated antero-lateral to pes tracks with lower pace angulation values than pes.
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Reference: Marsh 1875 |
Age range: Late/Upper Bathonian or 167.70000 to 164.70000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Late/Upper Bathonian | China (Gansu) | Grallator pingchuanensis (type locality: 204943 204944 204945) |