Reptilia - Dinosauria - Grallatoridae
Alternative combinations: Brontozoum divaricatum, Eubrontes divaricantus, Eubrontes divaricatus
Full reference: E. Hitchcock. 1865. Supplement to the ichnology of New England. Supplement to the Ichnology of New England. A Report to the Government of Massachusetts in 1863. Wright and Potter, Boston 1-37
Belongs to Grallator (Eubrontes) according to P. E. Olsen and P. M. Galton 1984
Sister taxa: Eubrontes (Brontozoum), Eubrontes (Ichnites), Eubrontes (Ornithichnites), Eubrontes approximatus, Eubrontes cursorius, Eubrontes euskelosauroides, Eubrontes fieldi, Eubrontes giganteus, Eubrontes glenrosensis, Eubrontes lyellii, Eubrontes sillimani, Eubrontes tuberatus, Eubrontes veillonensis, Grallator (Eubrontes) platypus, Brontozoum expansum, Brontozoum thianschanicum, Grallator emeiensis, Grallator (Grallator), Grallator damanei, Grallator matsiengensis, Grallator molapoi, Grallator graciosus, Grallator rectilineus, Grallator minor, Grallator crassidigitus, Grallator palmipes, Grallator palustris, Grallator lambereshei, Grallator morijensis, Grallator moshoeshoei, Grallator princeps, Grallator limnosus, Grallator cuneatus, Grallator formosus, Grallator gracilis, Grallator sulcatus, Grallator tenuis, Grallator maximus, Grallator olonensis, Grallator variabilis, Grallator (Anchisauripus) hitchcocki, Grallator (Anchisauripus) minusculus, Anchisauripus tuberosus, Anchisauripus australis, Anchisauripus exsertus, Anchisauripus gwyneddensis, Anchisauripus minor, Anchisauripus milfordensis, Anchisauripus poolei, Anchisauripus bibractensis, Anchisauripus thomasi, Fulicopus minor, Gigandipus caudatus, Otouphepus declivis
Type specimen: AC 58/1, a footprint. Its type locality is Horse Race Quarry, Gill, which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian terrestrial sandstone/shale in the Portland Formation of Massachusetts.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore