Neotrisauropus Ellenberger 1970 (saurischian)

Reptilia - Saurischia

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: Trisauropodia according to P. Ellenberger 1974

See also Ellenberger 1972, Romero Molina et al. 2003, Smith et al. 2009 and Thulborn 2006

Sister taxa: Anatrisauropus, Deuterotrisauropus, Katosauropus, Paragrallator

Subtaxa: Neotrisauropus minor

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Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Kubake tracksite (zone B/1) (Jurassic of Lesotho)

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