Satapliasaurus is an extinct genus of theropod dinosaur known from multiple well-preserved trackways. Satapliasarus is known from three ichnospecies: S. dsocenidzei, Satapliasaurus kandelakii (ichnospecies) and Satapliasaurus tschabukianii. The fossils and trackways have been found in Cretaceous sediments of Georgia and the Middle Jurassic of England.Lockley, M., Hunt, A., Paquette, M., Bilbey, S. A., & Hamblin, A. (1998). Dinosaur tracks from the Carmel Formation, northeastern Utah: implications for Middle Jurassic paleoecology. Ichnos: An International Journal of Plant & Animal, 5(4), 255–267.Romano, M., Clark, N. D., & Brusatte, S. L. (2018). A comparison of the dinosaur communities from the Middle Jurassic of the Cleveland (Yorkshire) and Hebrides (Skye) Basins, based on their ichnites. Geosciences, 8(9), 327. The genus is named after the Sataplia Managed Reserve in Georgia.
Satapliasaurus dsocenidzei, the type species, was described based on an isolated, 25 centimeter long footprint preserving a hallux mark that was collected from the Cleveland Basin, the basin dating to the Middle Jurassic.
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