Reptilia - Saurischia - Otozoidae
Alternative combination: Otozoum pollex
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 Kalosauropus according to M. G. Lockley et al. 2006
See also Ellenberger 1970, Ellenberger 1972, Foster et al. 2025, Nicosia and Loi 2003, Olsen and Galton 1984 and Rainforth 2003
Sister taxon: Kalosauropus masitisii
Type specimen: UM2 LES232, a footprint. Its type locality is Leribe tracksite (zone B/4), which is in a Pliensbachian terrestrial sandstone in the Clarens Formation of Lesotho.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Lesotho (1 collection), Poland (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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