Meroktenos Peyre de Fabrègues and Allain 2016 (sauropodomorph)

Reptilia - Saurischia

Full reference: C. Peyre de Fabrègues and R. Allain. 2016. New material and revision of Melanorosaurus thabanensis, a basal sauropodomorph from the Upper Triassic of Lesotho. PeerJ 4:e1639:1-32

Parent taxon: Sauropodiformes according to C. Peyre de Fabrègues and R. Allain 2016

Sister taxa: Aardonyx, Blikanasaurus, Camelotia, Gongxianosaurus, Irisosaurus, Jingshanosaurus, Ledumahadi, Leonerasaurus, Melanorosaurus, Mussaurus, Schleitheimia, Sefapanosaurus, Seitaad, Xingxiulong, Yizhousaurus, Yunnanosaurus

Subtaxa: Meroktenos thabanensis

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Type: Melanorosaurus thabanensis

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Thabana-Morena (zone A/6) (Triassic of Lesotho)

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