Full reference: S. H. Haughton. 1924. The fauna and stratigraphy of the Stormberg Series. Annals of the South African Museum 12:323-497
Parent taxon: Sauropodiformes according to B. W. McPhee et al. 2015
See also Anderson and Cruickshank 1978, Apaldetti et al. 2011, Battail 1986, Benton 1990, Carroll 1988, Charig 1967, Cooper 1981, Ellenberger 1970, Galton 1985, Galton and Upchurch 2004, Galton and Van Heerden 1998, Galton et al. 2005, Gauffre 1993, Haughton 1924, Haughton and Brink 1954, Heerden 1979, Heerden and Galton 1997, Huene 1940, Huene 1941, Knoll 2004, Knoll 2005, Kuhn 1939, Nopcsa 1928, Novas et al. 2011, Olsen and Galton 1984, Otero and Pol 2013, Romer 1956, Romer 1966, Smith and Pol 2007, Steel 1970, Upchurch et al. 2007, Yates 2007 and Yates 2010
Sister taxa: Aardonyx, Blikanasaurus, Camelotia, Gongxianosaurus, Irisosaurus, Jingshanosaurus, Ledumahadi, Leonerasaurus, Meroktenos, Mussaurus, Schleitheimia, Sefapanosaurus, Seitaad, Xingxiulong, Yizhousaurus, Yunnanosaurus
Subtaxa: Melanorosaurus readi Roccosaurus Roccosaurus tetrasacralis
Type: Melanorosaurus readi
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Lesotho (1 collection), South Africa (1)
• Triassic of Lesotho (4), South Africa (4)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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