Alternative combination: Trisauropodiscus popompoi
Full reference: P. Ellenberger. 1970. Les niveaux paléontologiques de première apparition des mammifères primoridaux en Afrique du Sud et leur ichnologie. Establissement de zones stratigraphiques detaillees dans le Stormberg du Lesotho (Afrique du Sud) (Trias Supérieur à Jurassique) [The paleontological levels of the first appearance of primordial mammals in southern Africa and their ichnology. Establishment of detailed stratigraphic zones in the Stormberg of Lesotho (southern Africa) (Upper Triassic to Jurassic). In: S. H. Haughton (ed.), Second Symposium on Gondwana Stratigraphy and Paleontology, International Union of Geological Sciences. Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Pretoria 343-370
Belongs to Trisauropodiscus according to P. E. Olsen and P. M. Galton 1984
See also Ellenberger 1970 and Ellenberger 1972
Sister taxa: Trisauropodiscus aviforma, Trisauropodiscus galliforma, Trisauropodiscus levis, Trisauropodiscus phasianiforma, Trisauropodiscus superaviforma, Trisauropodiscus superavipes
Type specimen: Its type locality is Thejane-Maphutseng tracksite (zone A/5), which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian terrestrial horizon in the Elliot Formation of Lesotho
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Thejane-Maphutseng tracksite (zone A/5)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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