Genre
Ichnogenre Taxon formel Éteint

Apatichnus

Hitchcock 1858

Grallator is an ichnogenus which covers a common type of small, three-toed print made by a variety of bipedal theropod dinosaurs. Grallator-type footprints have been found in formations dating from the Early Triassic through to the early Cretaceous periods. They are found in the United States, Canada, Europe, India, Australia, Brazil and China, but are most abundant on the east coast of North America, especially the Triassic and Early Jurassic formations of the northern part of the Newark Supergroup. The name Grallator translates into "stilt walker", although the actual length and form of the trackmaking legs varied by species, usually unidentified. The related term "Grallae" is an ancient name for the presumed group of long-legged wading birds, such as storks and herons. These footprints were given this name by their discoverer, Edward Hitchcock, in 1858.

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Plage temporelle
Occurrences PBDB
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Groupe
Dinosaures
Herbivore Vivant au sol, grégaire Terrestre
Apatichnus
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Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory specimen of Ichnogenus Grallator © Safranes at English Wikipedia · Public domain · Wikimedia

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PBDB Wikipedia
Classification
Dinosauria Clade non classé
Ornithischia Clade non classé
Neornithischia Clade non classé
Pyrodontia Clade non classé
Cerapoda Clade non classé
Ornithopoda Sous-ordre
Anomoepodidae Famille
Apatichnus Genre
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Bibliographie
Description originale
E. Hitchcock. 1858. Ichnology of New England. A Report on the Sandstone of the Connecticut Valley, Especially its Fossil Footmarks, Made to the Government of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts DOI ↗