Kayentapus ambrokholohali Sciscio et al. 2017 (theropod)

Reptilia - Theropoda

Full reference: L. Sciscio, E. M. Bordy, M. Abrahams, F. Knoll, and B. W. McPhee. 2017. The first megatheropod tracks from the Lower Jurassic upper Elliot Formation, Karoo Basin, Lesotho. PLoS ONE 12(10):e0185941:1-28

Belongs to Kayentapus according to L. Sciscio et al. 2017

See also Abrahams et al. 2020, Abrahams et al. 2023, Abrahams et al. 2020 and Foster et al. 2025

Sister taxa: Kayentapus damarensis, Kayentapus hailiutuensis, Kayentapus hopii, Kayentapus minor, Kayentapus nananensis, Kayentapus otariensis, Kayentapus soltykovensis, Kayentapus ubacensis, Kayentapus xiaohebaensis, Talmontopus tersi

Type specimen: BP/6/735, a footprint. Its type locality is Matobo tracksite, which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian floodplain sandstone in the Elliot Formation of Lesotho.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Matobo tracksite

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