Its type ichnospecies is J. yuechiensis, with the genus being named after the Jialing River in Sichuan.
Map showing tracks of ''Anomoepus'' (green) and ''Grallator'' (blue) in Moyeni | ''Eubrontes'' (= ''Grallator'') in the Lower Jurassic |
Bathypterois grallator has been found relatively widely in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans from a northern latitude of the 40th parallel north to a southern latitude of the 40th parallel south.