Genus
Ichnogenus Formal taxon Extinct

Eosauropus

Lockley et al. 2006

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
20
Group
Dinosaures
Terrestrial
Eosauropus
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Cast of the holotype trackway of Eosauropus, a probable sauropodomorph dinosaur ichnogenus, on display at the Museum of Western Colorado’s Dinosaur Journey Museum in Fruita, Colorado © Jens Lallensack · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
Eosauropus
Eosauropus
Eosauropus
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Saurischia Unranked clade
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Sauropodomorpha Unranked clade
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Eosauropus Genus
Fossil sites 20 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
15
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
2
🇮🇹 Italy
1
🇬🇱 Greenland
1
🇨🇳 China
1
Geological formations
Wingate Sandstone
8
Sloan Canyon
3
Montemarcello
1
Popo Agie
1
Chinle
1
Fleming Fjord
1
Navajo-Nugget Sandstone
1
Xujiahe
1
Temporal distribution
Rhaetian (205.7–201.4 Ma)
10
Norian (227.3–205.7 Ma)
9
Carnian (237–227.3 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Eosauropus cimarronensis 227 Ma
Images 3
Bibliography
Original description
M. G. Lockley, S. G. Lucas, and A. P. Hunt. 2006. Eosauropus, a new name for a Late Triassic track: further observations on the Late Triassic ichnogenus Tetrasauropus and related forms, with notes on the limits of interpretation. The Triassic-Jurassic Terrestrial Transition. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 37:192-198
Bibliography (7)
L.-D. Xing, J. Ba, and M. G. Lockley, H. Klein, S.-W. Yan, A. Romilio, C.-Y. Chou, W. S. Persons. 2018. Late Triassic sauropodomorph and Middle Jurassic theropod tracks from the Xichang Basin, Sichuan Province, southwestern China: First report of the ichnogenus Carmelopodus. Journal of Palaeogeography 7(1):1-13 DOI ↗
J. N. Lallensack, H. Klein, and J. Milàn, O. Wings, O. Mateus, L. B. Clemmensen. 2017. Sauropodomorph dinosaur trackways from the Fleming Fjord Formation of East Greenland: evidence for Late Triassic sauropods. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 62(4):833-843 DOI ↗
M. G. Lockley, K. M. Hups, and K. Cart, S. Gerwe. 2011. A zone of sauropodomorph footprints in the basal Wingate Sandstone (latest Triassic) of western Colorado and eastern Utah: is Eosauropus a common ichnogenus in the region?. Fossil Record 3. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 53:337-343
M. G. Lockley and G. D. Gierlinski. 2009. A Grallator-dominated tracksite from the Chinle Group (Late Triassic), Moab, Utah. Geological Quarterly 53(4):433-440
A. P. Hunt and S. G. Lucas. 2007. Late Triassic tetrapod tracks of western North America. In S. G. Lucas & J. A. Spielmann (eds.), Triassic of the American West. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 40:215-230
M. G. Lockley, S. G. Lucas, and A. P. Hunt. 2006. Eosauropus, a new name for a Late Triassic track: further observations on the Late Triassic ichnogenus Tetrasauropus and related forms, with notes on the limits of interpretation. The Triassic-Jurassic Terrestrial Transition. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 37:192-198
S. G. Lucas, M. G. Lockley, and A. P. Hunt, L. H. Tanner. 2006. Biostratigraphic significance of tetrapod footprints from the Triassic-Jurassic Wingate Sandstone on the Colorado Plateau. The Triassic-Jurassic Terrestrial Transition. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 37:109-117