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Brontopodus ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	67216	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=67216

Rank

genus (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Brontopodus

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Sauropsida	Huxley 1864
class	Reptilia	Laurenti 1768
subclass	Eureptilia
-	Romeriida	Gauthier et al. 1988
-	Diapsida
-	Eosuchia
-	Neodiapsida	Benton 1985
-	Sauria	Gauthier 1984
-	Archosauromorpha
-	Crocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
-	Eucrocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauria
informal	Avemetatarsalia	Benton 1999
-	Ornithodira	Gauthier 1986
-	Dinosauromorpha	Benton 1985
-	Dinosauriformes	Novas 1992
-	Dinosauria
-	Saurischia
-	Eusaurischia	Padian et al. 1999
-	Sauropodomorpha
-	Massopoda	Yates 2007
-	Sauropodiformes	Martinez et al. 2011
-	Sauropoda
genus	Brontopodus	Farlow et al. 1989

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Brontopodus	genus	belongs to Sauropoda	stated without evidence	Farlow et al., 1989
Brontopodus	genus	belongs to Brontopodidae	stated without evidence	Apesteguía, 2005
Brontopodus	genus	belongs to Sauropoda	stated without evidence	Le Loeuff et al., 2006

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

201 - 174 Ma
Jurassic

Environment

terrestrial (based on Sauropoda)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Sauropoda)

Diet

herbivore (based on Sauropoda)

Reproduction

oviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Sauropoda)

Ontogeny

accretion,modification of parts (based on Sauropoda)

Taphonomy

hydroxylapatite,compact or dense,thick (based on Sauropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. O. Farlow, J. G. Pittman, and J. M. Hawthorne. 1989. Brontopodus birdi, Lower Cretaceous dinosaur footprints from the U.S. Gulf Coastal Plain. In D. D. Gillette and M. G. Lockley (eds.), Dinosaur Tracks and Traces. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Brontopodus birdi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	14	157 Ma Jurassic	112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Brontopodus changlingensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Brontopodus oncalensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	145 Ma Late Jurassic	145 Ma Late Jurassic
Brontopodus pentadactylus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1989	Brontopodus Farlow et al. p. 390
1993	Chuxiongpus Chen and Huang
2002	Brontopodus Lockley et al. p. 375
2005	Brontopodus Apesteguía p. 329
2006	Brontopodus Le Loeuff et al. p. 707
2006	Brontopodus Lockley et al. p. 94

References

Farlow J. O., Pittman J. G., et al (1989) Brontopodus birdi, Lower Cretaceous dinosaur footprints from the U.S. Gulf Coastal Plain, Dinosaur Tracks and Traces. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 371-394

Lockley M. G., Wright J. L., et al (2002) The first sauropod footprints from China, Cretaceous Research 23, 363-381

Apesteguía S. (2005) Evolution of the titanosaur metacarpus, Thunder-Lizards: The Sauropodomorph Dinosaurs. Indiana University Press, Bloomington, 321-345

Le Loeuff J., Gourrat C., et al (2006) A Late Jurassic sauropod tracksite from Southern Jura (France), Comptes Rendus Palevol 5, 705-709 doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2006.01.007

Lockley M. G., Houck K., et al (2006) Dinosaur-dominated footprint assemblages from the Cretaceous Jindong Formation, Hallyo Haesang National Park area, Goseong County, South Korea: evidence and implications, Cretaceous Research 27 1, 70-101

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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