[D] Massospondylus carinatus [Eg] [Su]
Describer
Owen, 1854
Time
Jurassic Early Hettangian Sinemurian Pliensbachian
Classification
Saurischia Sauropodomorpha Prosauropoda Massospondylidae
Diet
Herbivore
Fossilsite
Upper Eliot Formation, Clarence Formation; Orange Free State, Cape province, Zoutpansberg Member of the Bushveld Sandstone, Transvaal, South Africa; Upper Eliot Formation, Leribe, Quthing, Lesotho; Forest Sandstone, Matabeleland, North, Zimbabwe; Kayenta Formation, Arizona , US
Fall Under
Massospondylus
Length
5 meter
Info
Typespecies - Skull - Eggs
Massospondylus = Aetonyx (Broom, 1911) Aristosaurus (Hoepen, 1920) Dromicosaurus (Hoepen, 1920) Gryponyx (Broom, 1911)) Gyposaurus (Broom, 1911))
Massospondylus > Massospondylus carinatus (Owen, 1854) >> Aetonyx palustris (Broom, 1911)) Anchisaurus capensis (Galton, 1976) = Gyposaurus capensis (Broom, 1911)) Aristosaurus erectus (Hoepen, 1920) Dromicosaurus gracilis (Hoepen, 1920) Gryponyx africanus (Broom, 1911)) Gryponyx taylori (Haughton, 1924) Massospondylus browni (Seeley, 1895) Massospondylus harriesi (Broom, 1911)) Massospondylus schwarzi (Haughton, 1924) Thecondontosaurus browni (Huene, 1932) Thecondontosaurus dubius (Haughton, 1924), Thecodontosaurus skirtopodus (Seeley, 1894)
Massospondylus > Massospondylus kaalae (Barrett 2009)
At least 80 partial skeletons, isolated skull and skeletal elements, 4 skulls, juvenile to adult