Reptilia - Saurischia - Riojasauridae
Synonym: Aliwalia rex Galton 1985
Full reference: E. C. N. Van Hoepen. 1920. Contributions to the knowledge of the reptiles of the Karroo Formation. 6. Further dinosaurian material in the Transvaal Museum. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 7(2):93-141
Belongs to Eucnemesaurus according to C. Peyre de Fabrègues and R. Allain 2020
See also Barrett 2009, Charig 1967, Ellenberger 1970, Galton 1985, Galton and Upchurch 2004, Galton and Van Heerden 1998, Haughton 1924, Haughton and Brink 1954, Huene 1940, Huene 1941, Knoll 2004, Kuhn 1939, Langer 2004, Langer et al. 2010, McPhee et al. 2015, Paul 1988, Peyre de Fabrègues and Allain 2016, Sciscio et al. 2023, Steel 1970, Sues 1990, Van Hoepen 1920, Yates 2005 and Yates 2007
Sister taxon: Eucnemesaurus entaxonis
Type specimens:
- Eucnemesaurus fortis: TrM 119, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is farm Zonderhout (291), Slabberts (zone A/5), which is in a Norian/Rhaetian terrestrial mudstone in the Elliot Formation of South Africa.
- Aliwalia rex: NMW 1886-XV-39, 1876-VII-B124. Its type locality is Barnard's Spruit, Aliwal North (zone A/5), which is in a Norian/Rhaetian terrestrial horizon in the Elliot Formation of South Africa.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Triassic of South Africa (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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