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: Carnosauria according to P. Ellenberger 1974
See also Ellenberger 1972, Gand et al. 2005, Klein and Lucas 2021 and Romero Molina et al. 2003
Sister taxa: Abelichnus, Aublysodon lateralis, Aublysodontidae, Bosiutrisauropus, Changpeipus, Dryptosauridae, Itemiridae, Kleitotrisauropus, Shanshanosauridae, Streptospondylidae
Subtaxa: Mafatrisauropus errans
Type: Mafatrisauropus errans
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of France (1 collection), Lesotho (1)
• Triassic of Lesotho (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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