Alternative combinations: Tetrasauropus unguifer, Tetrasauropus unguiferous
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 Tetrasauropus according to L. Sciscio et al. 2023
See also Avanzini et al. 2001, Avanzini et al. 2003, Baird 1980, D'Orazi Porchetti and Nicosia 2007, Ellenberger 1970, Ellenberger 1972, Klein and Lucas 2021, Knoll 2004, Milàn et al. 2008, Nicosia and Loi 2003, Olsen and Galton 1984, Salisbury et al. 2016 and Thulborn 1990
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: LES 036 1, 2, a footprint. Its type locality is Seaka-Falatsa tracksite (zone A/3), which is in a Norian terrestrial sandstone in the Elliot Formation of Lesotho.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Seaka-Falatsa tracksite (zone A/3)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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