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 Trisauropodiscus according to H. Klein and S. G. Lucas 2021
See also Ellenberger 1970, Ellenberger 1972 and Olsen and Galton 1984
Sister taxa: Trisauropodiscus galliforma, Trisauropodiscus levis, Trisauropodiscus phasianiforma, Trisauropodiscus pompompoi, Trisauropodiscus superaviforma, Trisauropodiscus superavipes
Type specimen: 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: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Maphutseng II tracksite (zone A/4)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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