Anomoepus minutus Ellenberger 1974 (ornithopod)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Moyenisauropodidae

Alternative combination: Masitisisauropezus minutus

Full reference: P. Ellenberger. 1974. Contribution à la classification des pistes de Vertébrés du Trias: les types du Stormberg d'Afrique du Sud (IIème partie: Le Stormberg superieur - I. Le biome de la zone B/1 ou niveau de Moyeni: ses biocénoses) [Contribution to the classification of the vertebrate tracks of the Triassic: the types from the Stormberg of South Africa (2nd part: The upper Stormberg - I. The biome of zone B/1 or Moyeni level: its biocoenoses]. Palaeovertebrata Mém. Ext.(1974):1-147

Belongs to Anomoepus according to P. E. Olsen and P. M. Galton 1984

See also Ellenberger 1974

Sister taxa: Anomoepus crassus, Anomoepus culbertsonii, Anomoepus fringilla, Anomoepus gallinuloides, Anomoepus giganteus, Anomoepus lacertoideus, Anomoepus major, Anomoepus moabensis, Anomoepus moghrebensis, Anomoepus palmipes, Anomoepus pienkovskii, Anomoepus ranivorus, Anomoepus scambus, Anomoepus shingi, Anomoepus turda, Moyenisauropus karaszevskii, Shensipus xiaoliheensis, Shensipus tungchuanensis

Type specimen: 67D, a footprint. 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: found only at Mokkanametsong tracksite (zone B/2)

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