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Blikanasaurus
Taxonomy
Blikanasaurus was named by Galton and Van Heerden (1985). Its type is Blikanasaurus cromptoni.
It was assigned to Blikanasauridae by Galton and Van Heerden (1985), Carroll (1988), Farlow (1992), Galton and Van Heerden (1998), Knoll (2004); to Sauropoda by Upchurch et al. (2004), Galton et al. (2005); to Sauropoda by Yates (2003), Upchurch et al. (2007), Smith and Pol (2007), Yates (2010), Apaldetti et al. (2011), Otero and Pol (2013); and to Sauropodiformes by McPhee et al. (2015).
It was assigned to Blikanasauridae by Galton and Van Heerden (1985), Carroll (1988), Farlow (1992), Galton and Van Heerden (1998), Knoll (2004); to Sauropoda by Upchurch et al. (2004), Galton et al. (2005); to Sauropoda by Yates (2003), Upchurch et al. (2007), Smith and Pol (2007), Yates (2010), Apaldetti et al. (2011), Otero and Pol (2013); and to Sauropodiformes by McPhee et al. (2015).
Species
B. cromptoni (type species)