Sefapanosaurus
Name:
Sefapanosaurus
(Sefapano lizard).
Phonetic: Sef-ah-pan-o-sor-us.
Named By: A. Otero, E. Krupandan, D. Pol,
A. Chinsamy & J. Choiniere - 2015.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Saurischia, Sauropodomorpha.
Species: S. zastronensis
(type).
Diet: Herbivore?
Size: Roughly estimated to be about 9 meters
long.
Known locations: South Africa - Elliot Formation.
Time period: Norian of the Triassic.
Fossil representation: Partial limb bones, plus
scattered remains from at least four individuals.
Sefapanosaurus is a genus of sauropodomorph dinosaur that lived in South Africa during the late Triassic.
Further reading
- A new basal sauropodiform from South Africa and the phylogenetic
relationships of basal sauropodomorphs. Zoological Journal of the
Linnean Society 174:589-634. - A. Otero, E. Krupandan,
D. Pol, A. Chinsamy & J. Choiniere - 2015.
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