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Kholumolumo ellenbergerorum
Discussion
Known as "the Maphutseng dinosaur"
Taxonomy
Kholumolumo ellenbergerorum was named by Peyre de Fabrègues and Allain (2020). Its type specimen is MNHN.F.LES381m, a limb element (right tibia), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Thotobolo ea 'Ma-beata (zone A/4), which is in a Norian lacustrine sandstone/claystone in the Elliot Formation of Lesotho. It is the type species of Kholumolumo.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2020 | Kholumolumo ellenbergerorum Peyre de Fabrègues and Allain p. 5 fig. 4–18 |
| 2023 | Kholumolumo ellenbergerorum Sciscio et al. p. 3 |
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†Kholumolumo ellenbergerorum Peyre de Fabrègues and Allain 2020
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| C. Peyre de Fabrègues and R. Allain 2020 | An early sauropodomorph with the following unique combination of characters in the holotype: very short and stout tibia (circumference to length ratio of 0.53; all other non-sauropodan sauropodomorphs have ratios lower than 0.49, except Antetonitrus and Blikanasaurus), with the diaphysis becoming thinner distally in lateral and medial views and exhibiting straight anterior and posterior margins, unlike in Antetonitrus. Diagnostic characters of the paratypes: in contrast to Blikanasaurus: fourth metatarsal elongated relative to the tibia and with a proximal end larger transversely and less extended anteroposteriorly. Posterior cervical vertebra particularly anteroposteriorly short and dorsoventrally tall, with a centrum elongation of 1.2. Anterior dorsal vertebra with base of the neural spine anterior to the anterior margin of the diapophysis in dorsal view. Sacral vertebral centrum very short anteroposteriorly, centrum ventral length to anterior height of 0.7. Scapula with two marked ridges: one posterodorsal and one anterodorsal, on the lateral surface of the blade. |
Measurements
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||