†Sauropus Hitchcock 1845 (theropod)
Reptilia - Dinosauria - Sauropodidae
Synonyms: Aethyopus Hitchcock 1848, Amblonyx Hitchcock 1858, Chimaera Hitchcock 1858, Chimaerichnus Hitchcock 1871, Sauroidichnites Hitchcock 1837
Full reference: E. Hitchcock. 1845. An attempt to name, classify, and describe, the animals that made the fossil footmarks of New England. Sixth Annual Meeeting of the Association of American Geologists and Naturalists, New Haven, CT. Abstract and Proceedings 23-25
Parent taxon: Sauropodidae according to H. Haubold 1971
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Sauropus barrattii
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore