Full reference: R. N. Martinez, P. C. Sereno, O. A. Alcober, C. E. Colombi, P. R. Renne, I. P. Montañez, and B. S. Currie. 2011. A basal dinosaur from the dawn of the dinosaur era in southwestern Pangaea. Science 331(6014):206-210
Parent taxon: Massopoda according to B. W. McPhee et al. 2015
See also Martinez et al. 2011 and McPhee et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Anchisaurus, Massospondylidae, Riojasauridae, Tuebingosaurus
Subtaxa: Aardonyx Blikanasaurus Camelotia Gongxianosaurus Irisosaurus Jingshanosaurus Ledumahadi Leonerasaurus Melanorosaurus Meroktenos Mussaurus Schleitheimia Sefapanosaurus Seitaad Xingxiulong Yizhousaurus Yunnanosaurus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Argentina (4 collections), China (16), Lesotho (1), South Africa (3), United States (1: Utah)
• Triassic to Jurassic of South Africa (1)
• Triassic of Argentina (1), Lesotho (5), South Africa (6), Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 41 collections including 48 occurrences