Reptilia - Pseudosuchia - Batrachopodidae
Alternative combination: Molapopentapodiscus pilosus
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
Belongs to Batrachopus according to P. E. Olsen and P. M. Galton 1984
See also Ellenberger 1970
Sister taxa: Batrachopus argentinus, Batrachopus bakoenaorum, Batrachopus bellus, Batrachopus deweyi, Batrachopus dispar, Batrachopus gainensis, Batrachopus gilberti, Batrachopus gracilis, Batrachopus grandis, Batrachopus rugosus, Batrachopus supersaltator, Batrachopus tenuis, Batrachopus varians, Chelonoides wittei, Chelonoides robusta, Orthodactylus howelli, Comptichnus moorosi, Palamopus anomalus, Palamopus divaricans, Sustenodactylus hollandicus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Leribe tracksite, which is in a Pliensbachian terrestrial horizon in the Clarens Formation of Lesotho
Ecology: herbivore
Distribution: found only at Leribe tracksite
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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