Reptilia - Saurischia - Thecodontosauridae

Alternative spelling: Trichistolopus

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

Parent taxon: Thecodontosauridae according to P. Ellenberger 1974

See also Ellenberger 1972 and Romero Molina et al. 2003

Sister taxon: Pseudotrisauropus

Subtaxa: Trichristolopus dubius

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Type: Trichristolopus dubius

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Patisi tracksite (Triassic of Lesotho)

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