Reptilia - Ornithischia - Moyenisauropodidae
Alternative combinations: Masitisisauropodiscus turda, Masitisisauropodiscus turdus
Full reference: P. Ellenberger. 1972. Contribution à la classification des Pistes de Vertébrés du Trias: Les types du Stormberg d’Afrique du Sud (I) [Contribution to the classification of Triassic vertebrate footprints: the types from the Stormberg of South Africa (I)]. Palaeovertebrata Mem. Ext.(1972):1-152
Belongs to Anomoepus according to P. E. Olsen and P. M. Galton 1984
See also Ellenberger 1972 and Ellenberger 1974
Sister taxa: Anomoepus crassus, Anomoepus culbertsonii, Anomoepus fringilla, Anomoepus gallinuloides, Anomoepus giganteus, Anomoepus lacertoideus, Anomoepus major, Anomoepus minutus, Anomoepus moabensis, Anomoepus moghrebensis, Anomoepus palmipes, Anomoepus pienkovskii, Anomoepus ranivorus, Anomoepus scambus, Anomoepus shingi, Moyenisauropus karaszevskii, Shensipus xiaoliheensis, Shensipus tungchuanensis
Type specimen: 69B, a footprint. Its type locality is Mokkanametsong tracksite (zone B/2), which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian terrestrial sandstone in the Elliot Formation of Lesotho.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Mokkanametsong tracksite (zone B/2)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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