Antetonitrus Yates and Kitching 2003 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia - Lessemsauridae

Full reference: A. M. Yates and J. W. Kitching. 2003. The earliest known sauropod dinosaur and the first steps towards sauropod locomotion. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 270(1525):1753-1758

Parent taxon: Lessemsauridae according to C. Apaldetti et al. 2018

See also Allain and Aquesbi 2008, Apaldetti et al. 2011, Bandyopadhyay et al. 2010, Galton et al. 2005, McPhee et al. 2015, McPhee et al. 2014, Moser et al. 2006, Otero and Pol 2013, Smith and Pol 2007, Upchurch et al. 2007, Yates 2010 and Yates and Kitching 2003

Sister taxa: Ingentia, Lessemsaurus

Subtaxa: Antetonitrus ingenipes

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of South Africa (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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