Reptilia - Pseudosuchia - Chirotheriidae
Alternative combination: Brachychirotherium antiquus
Synonyms: Brachychirotherium major Ellenberger 1970, Deuterosauropodopus major Ellenberger 1970
Full reference: P. Ellenberger. 1970. Les niveaux paléontologiques de première apparition des mammifères primoridaux en Afrique du Sud et leur ichnologie. Establissement de zones stratigraphiques detaillees dans le Stormberg du Lesotho (Afrique du Sud) (Trias Supérieur à Jurassique) [The paleontological levels of the first appearance of primordial mammals in southern Africa and their ichnology. Establishment of detailed stratigraphic zones in the Stormberg of Lesotho (southern Africa) (Upper Triassic to Jurassic). In: S. H. Haughton (ed.), Second Symposium on Gondwana Stratigraphy and Paleontology, International Union of Geological Sciences. Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Pretoria 343-370
Belongs to Sauropodopus according to S. D'Orazi Porchetti and U. Nicosia 2007
See also Ellenberger 1970, Ellenberger 1972, Knoll 2004, Olsen and Galton 1984 and Thulborn 1990
Sister taxa: none
Type specimens:
- Sauropodopus antiquus: LES 040 2, a footprint. Its type locality is Seaka-Falatsa tracksite (zone A/3), which is in a Norian terrestrial sandstone in the Elliot Formation of Lesotho.
- Deuterosauropodopus major: Its type locality is Maphutseng II tracksite (zone A/4), which is in a Norian/Rhaetian terrestrial sandstone/claystone in the Elliot Formation of Lesotho.
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Lesotho (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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