Eubrontes

Eubrontes
Trace fossil classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Ichnofamily: †Eubrontidae
Ichnogenus: †Eubrontes
Hitchcock, 1845
Type ichnospecies
†Eubrontes giganteus
(Hitchcock, 1836)
Ichnospecies
  • †Eubrontes approximatus (Hitchcock, 1865)
  • †Eubrontes divaricatus (Hitchcock, 1865)
  • †Eubrontes euskelosauroides Huene, 1932
  • †Eubrontes giganteus (Hitchcock, 1836)
  • †Eubrontes nobitai Xing et al, 2020
  • †Eubrontes platypus Lull, 1904
  • †Eubrontes tatricus Michalik & Sýkora, 1976
  • †Eubrontes thianschanicum (Roman)
  • †Eubrontes tuberatus (Hitchcock, 1858)
  • †Eubrontes veillonensis Lapparent & Monetnat, 1967
  • †Eubrontes nobitai Xing et al, 2020

Eubrontes is the name of fossilised dinosaur footprints dating from the Late Triassic and Early Jurassic. They have been identified from France, Poland, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Australia (Queensland), US, India, China and Brazil (South).

Eubrontes is the name of the footprints, identified by their shape, and not of the genus or genera that made them, which is as yet unknown but is presumed to be similar to Coelophysis or Dilophosaurus. They are most famous for their discovery in the Connecticut River Valley of Massachusetts in the early 19th century. They, among other footprints, were the first known non-avian dinosaur tracks to be discovered in North America, though they were initially thought to have been made by large birds.

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