Pseudotetrasauropus jaquesi Ellenberger 1970

Reptilia - Saurischia

Alternative combinations: Brachychirotherium jaquesi, Lavinipes jaquesi, Tetrasauropus jaquesi

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 Pseudotetrasauropus according to L. Sciscio et al. 2023

See also Avanzini et al. 2003, D'Orazi Porchetti and Nicosia 2007, Ellenberger 1970, Ellenberger 1972, Olsen and Galton 1984, Thulborn 1990 and Thulborn 2006

Sister taxa: Pseudotetrasauropus andusiensis, Pseudotetrasauropus bipedoida, Pseudotetrasauropus corbesiensis, Pseudotetrasauropus lehmani, Pseudotetrasauropus mekalingensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Phuthiatsana tracksite (zone A/3), which is in a Norian terrestrial sandstone in the Elliot Formation of Lesotho

Distribution: found only at Phuthiatsana tracksite (zone A/3)

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