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Pseudotrisauropus

Osteichthyes - Thecodontosauridae

Taxonomy
Pseudotrisauropus was named by Ellenberger (1970). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type is Pseudotrisauropus humilis.

It was synonymized subjectively with Grallator by Klein and Lucas (2021).

It was assigned to Thecodontosauria by Ellenberger (1972); to Thecodontosauridae by Ellenberger (1974); and to Theropoda by Romero Molina et al. (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Pseudotrisauropus Ellenberger p. 344
1972Pseudotrisauropus Ellenberger p. 152
1974Pseudotrisauropus Ellenberger p. 17
2003Pseudotrisauropus Romero Molina et al. p. 24

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Sauropodomorpha(Huene 1932)
familyThecodontosauridaeLydekker 1890
genusPseudotrisauropus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Pseudotrisauropus Ellenberger 1970
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†Pseudotrisauropus dieterleni Ellenberger 1970
†Pseudotrisauropus humilis Ellenberger 1970
†Pseudotrisauropus maserui Ellenberger 1970
†Pseudotrisauropus minusculus Ellenberger 1970
†Pseudotrisauropus molekoi Ellenberger 1970
†Pseudotrisauropus subengensis Ellenberger 1970
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Carnian to the top of the Sinemurian or 237.00000 to 192.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Lesotho (Maseru) P. maserui (206556)
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 205.7Lesotho P. molekoi (84061)
Norian227.3 - 205.7Lesotho (Mohale's Hoek) P. humilis, P. minusculus (206548)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Lesotho (Leribe) P. subengensis, P. dieterleni (56014)