Reptilia - Saurischia - Anchisauridae
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: Paleosauridae according to P. Ellenberger 1974
See also Ellenberger 1970 and Ellenberger 1972
Sister taxa: Actiosaurus, Ammosaurus, Gyposaurus, Senqutrisauropus
Subtaxa: Megatrisauropus malutiensis
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Megatrisauropus in the database
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