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Grallator matsiengensis
Taxonomy
Grallator matsiengensis was named by Ellenberger (1970). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is MNHN LES 283 - cast of lost holotype, a footprint, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Matsieng tracksite (zone B/5), which is in a Pliensbachian terrestrial sandstone in the Clarens Formation of Lesotho. It is the type species of Paragrallator, Paragrallator.
It was recombined as Paragrallator matsiengensis by Ellenberger (1972); it was considered a nomen nudum by Bordy (2021).
It was recombined as Paragrallator matsiengensis by Ellenberger (1972); it was considered a nomen nudum by Bordy (2021).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1970 | Grallator matsiengensis Ellenberger p. 350 |
| 1972 | Paragrallator matsiengensis Ellenberger p. 152 |
| 1984 | Grallator matsiengensis Olsen and Galton p. 109 |
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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.
†Grallator matsiengensis Ellenberger 1970
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
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| Reference: Marsh 1875 | |||||
Age range: Pliensbachian or 190.80000 to 182.70000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Pliensbachian | Lesotho | Grallator matsiengensis (type locality: 84077) |