Reptilia - Saurischia - Melanorosauridae
Full reference: F. v. Huene. 1929. Kurze Übersicht über die Saurischia und ihre natürlichen Zusammenhänge [A brief survey of the Saurischia and their natural context]. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 11:269-273
Parent taxon: Anchisauria according to P. M. Galton and P. Upchurch 2004
See also Anderson and Cruickshank 1978, Attridge et al. 1985, Battail 1986, Benedetto 1973, Benton 1979, Bonaparte 1971, Bonaparte 1978, Bonaparte and Pumares 1995, Carroll 1988, Charig 1967, Colbert 1964, Colbert 1970, Ellenberger 1970, Galton 1971, Galton 1998, Galton and Cluver 1976, Galton and Van Heerden 1998, Galton et al. 2005, Gauffre 1993, Haughton and Brink 1954, Heerden 1979, Huene 1929, Huene 1941, Huene 1948, Knoll 2004, Knoll 2005, Kuhn 1946, Kuhn 1966, Naish and Martill 2007, Ostrom 1980, Parsch 1963, Raath 1972, Reig 1970, Romer 1956, Romer 1966, Steel 1970 and Swinton 1970
Sister taxon: Prosauropoda
Subtaxa: none
Type: Melanorosaurus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Lesotho (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence