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          "source": "pbdb",
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        "Kayenta/Navajo Sandstone",
        "Lastres",
        "Lufeng",
        "McCoy Brook",
        "Mist Mountain",
        "Moenave",
        "Monte Zugna",
        "Montemarcello",
        "Navajo Sandstone",
        "Portland Formation",
        "Przysucha",
        "Razorback Beds",
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        "Wingate Sandstone/Kayenta",
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        "Zagaje",
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      "sources": []
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        "PBDB and Wikidata identify the same genus."
      ]
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    "authority": {
      "level": "medium",
      "basis": "single_source",
      "reasons": [
        "Only PBDB gives this; nothing contradicts it."
      ],
      "source": "PBDB"
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      "level": "medium",
      "basis": "single_source",
      "reasons": [
        "Only PBDB gives this; nothing contradicts it."
      ],
      "source": "PBDB"
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      "level": "medium",
      "basis": "single_source",
      "reasons": [
        "Only PBDB gives this; nothing contradicts it."
      ],
      "source": "PBDB"
    },
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      "level": "medium",
      "basis": "single_source",
      "reasons": [
        "Only PBDB gives this; nothing contradicts it."
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      "source": "PBDB"
    },
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      "level": "medium",
      "basis": "single_source",
      "reasons": [
        "Only PBDB gives this; nothing contradicts it."
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      "source": "PBDB"
    },
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      "level": "medium",
      "basis": "synthesis",
      "reasons": [
        "Omnisaura's calculation from 127 confirmed PBDB records.",
        "4 record(s) identified only to genus, dated well outside the species-level records, were set aside as doubtful."
      ]
    },
    "countries": {
      "level": "mixed",
      "basis": "items",
      "reasons": [
        "Entries differ; see each entry."
      ],
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        {
          "value": "AU",
          "level": "low",
          "basis": "thin",
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            "Only one PBDB record."
          ]
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        {
          "value": "CA",
          "level": "medium",
          "basis": "single_source",
          "reasons": [
            "Only PBDB records it (3 records)."
          ],
          "source": "PBDB"
        },
        {
          "value": "CN",
          "level": "medium",
          "basis": "single_source",
          "reasons": [
            "Only PBDB records it (6 records)."
          ],
          "source": "PBDB"
        },
        {
          "value": "ES",
          "level": "medium",
          "basis": "single_source",
          "reasons": [
            "Only PBDB records it (2 records)."
          ],
          "source": "PBDB"
        },
        {
          "value": "LS",
          "level": "medium",
          "basis": "single_source",
          "reasons": [
            "Only PBDB records it (18 records)."
          ],
          "source": "PBDB"
        },
        {
          "value": "MA",
          "level": "low",
          "basis": "thin",
          "reasons": [
            "Only one PBDB record."
          ]
        },
        {
          "value": "PL",
          "level": "medium",
          "basis": "single_source",
          "reasons": [
            "Only PBDB records it (6 records)."
          ],
          "source": "PBDB"
        },
        {
          "value": "US",
          "level": "medium",
          "basis": "single_source",
          "reasons": [
            "Only PBDB records it (91 records)."
          ],
          "source": "PBDB"
        }
      ]
    },
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      "level": "mixed",
      "basis": "items",
      "reasons": [
        "Entries differ; see each entry."
      ],
      "items": [
        {
          "value": "Barkly East",
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          "basis": "thin",
          "reasons": [
            "Only one PBDB record."
          ]
        },
        {
          "value": "Bull Run",
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          "basis": "thin",
          "reasons": [
            "Only one PBDB record."
          ]
        },
        {
          "value": "Dansirit",
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          "basis": "thin",
          "reasons": [
            "Only one PBDB record."
          ]
        },
        {
          "value": "East Berlin",
          "level": "medium",
          "basis": "single_source",
          "reasons": [
            "Only PBDB records it (2 records)."
          ],
          "source": "PBDB"
        },
        {
          "value": "Elliot Formation",
          "level": "medium",
          "basis": "single_source",
          "reasons": [
            "Only PBDB records it (17 records)."
          ],
          "source": "PBDB"
        },
        {
          "value": "Feltville",
          "level": "low",
          "basis": "thin",
          "reasons": [
            "Only one PBDB record."
          ]
        },
        {
          "value": "Gettysburg",
          "level": "medium",
          "basis": "single_source",
          "reasons": [
            "Only PBDB records it (2 records)."
          ],
          "source": "PBDB"
        },
        {
          "value": "Kayenta",
          "level": "medium",
          "basis": "single_source",
          "reasons": [
            "Only PBDB records it (3 records)."
          ],
          "source": "PBDB"
        },
        {
          "value": "Kayenta/Navajo Sandstone",
          "level": "medium",
          "basis": "single_source",
          "reasons": [
            "Only PBDB records it (8 records)."
          ],
          "source": "PBDB"
        },
        {
          "value": "Lastres",
          "level": "low",
          "basis": "thin",
          "reasons": [
            "Only one PBDB record."
          ]
        },
        {
          "value": "Lufeng",
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          "basis": "thin",
          "reasons": [
            "Only one PBDB record."
          ]
        },
        {
          "value": "McCoy Brook",
          "level": "medium",
          "basis": "single_source",
          "reasons": [
            "Only PBDB records it (2 records)."
          ],
          "source": "PBDB"
        },
        {
          "value": "Mist Mountain",
          "level": "low",
          "basis": "thin",
          "reasons": [
            "Only one PBDB record."
          ]
        },
        {
          "value": "Moenave",
          "level": "medium",
          "basis": "single_source",
          "reasons": [
            "Only PBDB records it (2 records)."
          ],
          "source": "PBDB"
        },
        {
          "value": "Monte Zugna",
          "level": "low",
          "basis": "thin",
          "reasons": [
            "Only one PBDB record."
          ]
        },
        {
          "value": "Montemarcello",
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          "basis": "thin",
          "reasons": [
            "Only one PBDB record."
          ]
        },
        {
          "value": "Navajo Sandstone",
          "level": "medium",
          "basis": "single_source",
          "reasons": [
            "Only PBDB records it (6 records)."
          ],
          "source": "PBDB"
        },
        {
          "value": "Portland Formation",
          "level": "medium",
          "basis": "single_source",
          "reasons": [
            "Only PBDB records it (50 records)."
          ],
          "source": "PBDB"
        },
        {
          "value": "Przysucha",
          "level": "medium",
          "basis": "single_source",
          "reasons": [
            "Only PBDB records it (4 records)."
          ],
          "source": "PBDB"
        },
        {
          "value": "Razorback Beds",
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          "basis": "thin",
          "reasons": [
            "Only one PBDB record."
          ]
        },
        {
          "value": "Skloby",
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          "basis": "thin",
          "reasons": [
            "Only one PBDB record."
          ]
        },
        {
          "value": "Sloan Canyon",
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          "basis": "thin",
          "reasons": [
            "Only one PBDB record."
          ]
        },
        {
          "value": "Timezgadiouine",
          "level": "low",
          "basis": "thin",
          "reasons": [
            "Only one PBDB record."
          ]
        },
        {
          "value": "Towaco",
          "level": "medium",
          "basis": "single_source",
          "reasons": [
            "Only PBDB records it (3 records)."
          ],
          "source": "PBDB"
        },
        {
          "value": "Turners Falls",
          "level": "medium",
          "basis": "single_source",
          "reasons": [
            "Only PBDB records it (10 records)."
          ],
          "source": "PBDB"
        },
        {
          "value": "Wingate Sandstone/Kayenta",
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          "basis": "thin",
          "reasons": [
            "Only one PBDB record."
          ]
        },
        {
          "value": "Yanan",
          "level": "medium",
          "basis": "single_source",
          "reasons": [
            "Only PBDB records it (3 records)."
          ],
          "source": "PBDB"
        },
        {
          "value": "Zagaje",
          "level": "low",
          "basis": "thin",
          "reasons": [
            "Only one PBDB record."
          ]
        },
        {
          "value": "Ziliujing",
          "level": "low",
          "basis": "thin",
          "reasons": [
            "Only one PBDB record."
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
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      {
        "field": "order",
        "label": "Order",
        "note": "No source we use gives this yet."
      },
      {
        "field": "common_names",
        "label": "Common names",
        "note": "No source we use gives this yet."
      },
      {
        "field": "named_after",
        "label": "Named after",
        "note": "No source we use gives this yet."
      }
    ],
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      {
        "field": "authority",
        "label": "Authority",
        "source": "PBDB"
      },
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        "field": "type_species",
        "label": "Type species",
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      },
      {
        "field": "parent_name",
        "label": "Parent group",
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      },
      {
        "field": "family",
        "label": "Family",
        "source": "PBDB"
      },
      {
        "field": "headline",
        "label": "Age (headline)",
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      }
    ],
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      {
        "records": "occurrences",
        "status": "related_other_genus",
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        "reason": "occurrences with status related_other_genus"
      },
      {
        "records": "occurrences",
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        "count": 23,
        "reason": "PBDB fossil records identified only tentatively (for example 'cf.' or '?')"
      }
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    "levels": {
      "high": "Two independent sources agree, or an editor has ruled.",
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      "low": "Sources disagree and no editor has ruled yet, or too few records."
    },
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    "license_id": "OMNISAURA-EDITORIAL"
  },
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    {
      "name": "Elliot",
      "same_as": "Elliot Formation",
      "status": "automatic",
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    },
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      "name": "Portland",
      "same_as": "Portland Formation",
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      "ruling": null
    }
  ],
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    "scope": "confirmed matches only",
    "data_sources": [
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        "values": 7118,
        "retrieved": [
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          "2026-10-05",
          "2026-10-10",
          "2026-10-11"
        ],
        "source": "pbdb",
        "license_id": "CC-BY-4.0",
        "license_name": "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0",
        "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
        "requires_attribution": true,
        "attribution": "Data from the Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org), licensed CC BY 4.0.",
        "source_name": "Paleobiology Database",
        "homepage": "https://paleobiodb.org"
      },
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          "2026-10-10"
        ],
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        "license_name": "Creative Commons Zero 1.0 (public domain dedication)",
        "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/",
        "requires_attribution": false,
        "attribution": "Natural History Museum (London) Data Portal, Collection specimens dataset, https://doi.org/10.5519/0002965. Image licenses vary per record.",
        "source_name": "Natural History Museum Data Portal",
        "homepage": "https://data.nhm.ac.uk"
      },
      {
        "values": 19,
        "retrieved": [
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        ],
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        "license_id": "CC0-1.0",
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        "attribution": "Data from Wikidata (https://www.wikidata.org), CC0 1.0.",
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      }
    ],
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      {
        "media_id": 3870,
        "title": "File:Anomoepus and Grallator.jpg",
        "category": "Taxon image",
        "url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/Anomoepus_and_Grallator.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=original",
        "page_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anomoepus_and_Grallator.jpg",
        "source": "commons",
        "rights_holder": "Jeffrey A. Wilson1*, Claudia A. Marsicano2, Roger M. H. Smith3",
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        "license_id": "CC-BY-2.5",
        "license_name": "Creative Commons Attribution 2.5",
        "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/",
        "requires_attribution": true,
        "share_alike": false,
        "attribution": "Jeffrey A. Wilson1*, Claudia A. Marsicano2, Roger M. H. Smith3 (http://www.ploscollections.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0007331;jsessionid=64C95BA239D73CD53E5CA49B6E6FC664.ambra02), via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anomoepus_and_Grallator.jpg)"
      }
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    "references": 159
  },
  "credits_markdown": "## Anomoepus: Sources & credits\n\n_Scope: confirmed matches only._\n\n### Data\n- **Paleobiology Database** (https://paleobiodb.org): [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Data from the Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org), licensed CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 4 October 2026, 5 October 2026, 10 October 2026, 11 October 2026.\n- **Natural History Museum Data Portal** (https://data.nhm.ac.uk): [Creative Commons Zero 1.0 (public domain dedication)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Natural History Museum (London) Data Portal, Collection specimens dataset, https://doi.org/10.5519/0002965. Image licenses vary per record. Retrieved 5 October 2026, 10 October 2026. _Credited as a courtesy: this licence doesn't require attribution._\n- **Wikidata** (https://www.wikidata.org): [Creative Commons Zero 1.0 (public domain dedication)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Data from Wikidata (https://www.wikidata.org), CC0 1.0. Retrieved 11 October 2026. _Credited as a courtesy: this licence doesn't require attribution._\n\n### Images (1)\n- “File:Anomoepus and Grallator.jpg” (Taxon image): Jeffrey A. Wilson1*, Claudia A. Marsicano2, Roger M. H. Smith3 (http://www.ploscollections.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0007331;jsessionid=64C95BA239D73CD53E5CA49B6E6FC664.ambra02), via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anomoepus_and_Grallator.jpg). [Creative Commons Attribution 2.5](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/).\n\n### Scientific references\n\n159 published reference(s) support this entry (via the Paleobiology Database).\n",
  "notice": "Omnisaura data combines sources under different licences. Every genus file lists its credits; anyone showing a value must show the credits for it. Images keep their own licences; share-alike images may only be shown unmodified.",
  "fossil_basis": "trace",
  "original_description": {
    "citation": "E. Hitchcock (1848). An attempt to discriminate and describe the animals that made the fossil footmarks of the United States, and especially of New England. Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, new series 3: 129–256.",
    "authors": "E. Hitchcock",
    "year": 1848,
    "title": "An attempt to discriminate and describe the animals that made the fossil footmarks of the United States, and especially of New England",
    "publication": "Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, new series",
    "volume": "3",
    "issue": null,
    "pages": "129–256",
    "doi": "10.2307/25058147",
    "url": "https://doi.org/10.2307/25058147",
    "what": "The publication the Paleobiology Database gives as the authority for this genus name, usually the one that first named and described it.",
    "confidence": {
      "level": "medium",
      "reasons": [
        "Only PBDB gives this; its author and year match the naming authority (Hitchcock 1848)."
      ]
    },
    "source": "pbdb",
    "source_name": "Paleobiology Database",
    "license_id": "CC-BY-4.0",
    "pbdb_reference_no": "30909"
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  "summary": "Omnisaura summary: Anomoepus, Hitchcock 1848\n\n- What it is: Known only from footprints or other traces: the name is for the traces themselves (an ichnogenus), and which dinosaur made them is usually not known for certain.\n- Named by: Hitchcock 1848 (medium confidence: only PBDB gives this; nothing contradicts it).\n- Family: Moyenisauropodidae (medium confidence: only PBDB gives this; nothing contradicts it).\n- Parent group: Moyenisauropodidae (medium confidence: only PBDB gives this; nothing contradicts it).\n- Type species: Anomoepus scambus (medium confidence: only PBDB gives this; nothing contradicts it).\n- Age, as published by the Paleobiology Database: Carnian to Callovian, 237–161.5 million years ago (medium confidence: only PBDB gives this; nothing contradicts it).\n- Age, Omnisaura's own calculation (not a published figure): 237–161.5 million years ago (medium confidence: Omnisaura's calculation from 127 confirmed PBDB records).\n- Fossils found in: Canada (medium: only PBDB records it (3 records)); China (medium: only PBDB records it (6 records)); Spain (medium: only PBDB records it (2 records)); Lesotho (medium: only PBDB records it (18 records)); Poland (medium: only PBDB records it (6 records)); United States (medium: only PBDB records it (91 records)); Australia (low: only one PBDB record); Morocco (low: only one PBDB record).\n- Rock formations: East Berlin (medium: only PBDB records it (2 records)); Elliot Formation (medium: only PBDB records it (17 records)); Gettysburg (medium: only PBDB records it (2 records)); Kayenta (medium: only PBDB records it (3 records)); Kayenta/Navajo Sandstone (medium: only PBDB records it (8 records)); McCoy Brook (medium: only PBDB records it (2 records)); Moenave (medium: only PBDB records it (2 records)); Navajo Sandstone (medium: only PBDB records it (6 records)); Portland Formation (medium: only PBDB records it (50 records)); Przysucha (medium: only PBDB records it (4 records)); Towaco (medium: only PBDB records it (3 records)); Turners Falls (medium: only PBDB records it (10 records)); Yanan (medium: only PBDB records it (3 records)); Barkly East (low: only one PBDB record); Bull Run (low: only one PBDB record); Dansirit (low: only one PBDB record); Feltville (low: only one PBDB record); Lastres (low: only one PBDB record); Lufeng (low: only one PBDB record); Mist Mountain (low: only one PBDB record); Monte Zugna (low: only one PBDB record); Montemarcello (low: only one PBDB record); Razorback Beds (low: only one PBDB record); Skloby (low: only one PBDB record); Sloan Canyon (low: only one PBDB record); Timezgadiouine (low: only one PBDB record); Wingate Sandstone/Kayenta (low: only one PBDB record); Zagaje (low: only one PBDB record); Ziliujing (low: only one PBDB record).\n- Original description: E. Hitchcock (1848). An attempt to discriminate and describe the animals that made the fossil footmarks of the United States, and especially of New England. Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, new series 3: 129–256. https://doi.org/10.2307/25058147 (medium confidence: only PBDB gives this; its author and year match the naming authority (Hitchcock 1848)).\n\nNot known or disputed:\n- Order: no source Omnisaura uses gives this.\n- Common names: no source Omnisaura uses gives this.\n- Named after: no source Omnisaura uses gives this.\n- 28 fossil record(s) left out because their identification is uncertain.\n\nNot covered by Omnisaura: diet, size, weight, appearance or behaviour. Do not fill these in from general knowledge as if they came from Omnisaura.\n\nCredits (must be shown with any of this): Natural History Museum Data Portal (CC0-1.0); Paleobiology Database (CC-BY-4.0); Wikidata (CC0-1.0)."
}