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Grallator mokanametsongensis

Reptilia - Grallatoridae

Taxonomy
Neotrisauropus mokanametsongensis was named by Ellenberger (1974). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is 62c, a footprint, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Mokkanametsong tracksite (zone B/2), which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian terrestrial sandstone in the Elliot Formation of Lesotho.

It was recombined as Grallator mokanametsongensis by Olsen and Galton (1984).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
G. pisanus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Neotrisauropus mokanametsongensis Ellenberger p. 70 figs. Pl. J, XXIV
1984Grallator mokanametsongensis Olsen and Galton p. 109

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
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()
—Theropoda()
familyGrallatoridae
genusGrallator
speciesmokanametsongensis()

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 mokanametsongensis Ellenberger 1974
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available