Reptilia - Ornithischia - Moyenisauropodidae
Alternative combinations: Grallator palmipes, Masitisisauropus palmipes, Moyenisauropus palmipes
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 Anomoepus according to P. E. Olsen and P. M. Galton 1984
See also Bordy 2021, Ellenberger 1970, Ellenberger 1972 and Ellenberger 1974
Sister taxa: Anomoepus crassus, Anomoepus culbertsonii, Anomoepus fringilla, Anomoepus gallinuloides, Anomoepus giganteus, Anomoepus lacertoideus, Anomoepus major, Anomoepus minutus, Anomoepus moabensis, Anomoepus moghrebensis, Anomoepus pienkovskii, Anomoepus ranivorus, Anomoepus scambus, Anomoepus shingi, Anomoepus turda, Moyenisauropus karaszevskii, Shensipus xiaoliheensis, Shensipus tungchuanensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Mokkanametsong tracksite (zone B/2), which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian terrestrial sandstone in the Elliot Formation of Lesotho
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Lesotho (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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