5.3" Grallator Variabilis Dinosaurs Track Foot Print Jurassic Age France COA, Stand
Location: Languedoc-Roussillon, France
Weight: 5 Pounds 3.8 Ounces
Dimensions: 10 Inches Long, 7.3 Inches Wide, 0.9 Inches Thick. (Matrix)
Footprint Dimensions: 5.3 Inches Tall, 3.5 Inches Wide
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Lower Jurassic Age, 200 Million Years Old.
Grallator is classified as an ichnogenus, which means it is identified solely by its footprints, with no fossilized bones or remains linked to the creature. The name "Grallator" translates to "stilt walker," although the actual length of its legs remains unknown due to the absence of physical fossils. Its name derives from "Grallae," a group of long-legged birds like herons and storks. The Grallator Variabilis footprint likely belonged to a dinosaur similar in appearance to the Coelophysis.
Grallator footprints are found in Canada, the northeast coast of the United States, and Europe. Their footprints are three-toed and are usually two to six inches long. Their discoverer, Edward Hitchcock, gave the name Grallator in 1858. The slates and shale of southern France, where this track is from, probably represent low-lying areas or very shallow tidal expanses. Grallator was a theropod, and as such, theropod attributes were assigned to it. It is a carnivore and reproduces by laying eggs. It was most likely a solitary animal since Grallator trackways are usually those of a single animal.
