Tikoepentapodiscus Ellenberger 1970 (archosaur)

Reptilia - Thecodontia

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: Thecodontia according to P. Ellenberger 1972

Sister taxa: Clarencea, Crenelosaurus, Crenelosaurus nigrosilvanus, Dasygnathoides, Doswelliina, Haemothermia, Jushatyria, Ocoyuntaia, Ocoyuntaia arquata, Platyognathidae, Proterosuchia, Seemannia, Seemannia palaeotriadica, Shansisuchus heiyuekouensis

Subtaxa: Tikoepentapodiscus fabri

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Type: Tikoepentapodiscus fabri

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Tikoè tracksite (Triassic of South Africa)

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