Species
Ichnogenus Formal taxon Extinct

Grallator tenuis

Hitchcock 1858

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
51
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
Theropoda Unranked clade
Grallatoridae Family
Grallator Genus
Grallator tenuis Species
Fossil sites 51 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
45
🇨🇦 Canada
5
🇮🇳 India
1
Geological formations
McCoy Brook
3
Gettysburg
2
Midland
2
Wolfville
1
Sloan Canyon
1
Blomidon
1
Lathi
1
Temporal distribution
Oxfordian (161.5–154.8 Ma)
1
Pliensbachian (192.9–184.2 Ma)
1
Sinemurian (199.5–192.9 Ma)
29
Hettangian (201.4–199.5 Ma)
14
Norian (227.3–205.7 Ma)
5
Carnian (237–227.3 Ma)
1
Synonyms (4)
Anchisauripus hitchcocki subjective synonym of Grallator tenuis
Atreipus acadianus subjective synonym of Grallator tenuis
Grallator cuneatus subjective synonym of Grallator tenuis
Grallator formosus subjective synonym of Grallator tenuis
Bibliography
Original description
R. S. Lull. 1953. Triassic life of the Connecticut Valley (revised). State of Connecticut State Geological and Natural History Survey Bulletin 81:1-336
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