[D] Aetonyx palustris [jG]
Describer
Broom, 1911
Time
Jurassic Early Hettangian Sinemurian
Classification
Saurischia Sauropodomorpha Prosauropoda Massospondylidae
Diet
Herbivore
Fossilsite
Upper Elliot Formation, Orange Free State, South Africa
Fall Under
Massospondylus
Info
Massospondylus = Aetonyx (Broom, 1911) Aristosaurus (Hoepen, 1920) Dromicosaurus (Hoepen, 1920) Gryponyx (Broom, 1911)) Gyposaurus (Broom, 1911) Massospondylus > M.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)
Aetonyx palustris (\\\"Eagle claw\\\") is based on the smallest of three dinosaurian type specimens collected by A. R. Walker from J. L. Harries\\\'s farm in the Orange Free State, (the other two were the types of Massospondylus harriesi and Gryponyx africanus). They were actually three specimens of different sizes belonging to the same prosauropod species, M.carinatus. A. palustris type specimen was about two-thirds adult size.