[D] Massospondylus schwarzi
Describer
Haughton, 1924
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
Fall Under
Massospondylus
Info
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)