[D] Euskelosaurus browni [sG] [T]
Describer
Huxley, 1866
Time
Triassic Late Carnian Norian
Classification
Saurischia Sauropodomorpha Prosauropoda Plateosauridae
Diet
Herbivore
Fossilsite
Lower Elliot Formation, Orange Free State, Cape Province; Bushveld Sandstone, (Springbok Flats Member of Bushveld Sandstone), Transvaal, South Africa; Lower Elliot Formation, Leribe, Lesotho; Mpandi Formation, Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe
Length
10 meter
Info
Genus - Typespecies
Euskelosaurus browni (Huxley, 1866) = Plateosauravus (Huene, 1932)
Euskelosaurus browni > Euskelosaurus africanus (Haughton, 1924) Plateosaurus cullingworthi (Haughton, 1924) Plateosaurus stormbergenis (Broom, 1915) Orinosaurus capensis (Lydekker, 1889) Orosaurus (Huxley, 1867 / Peters, 1862)
Euskelosaurus browni > Euskelosaurus molengraaffi (Hoepen van, 1916) >> Gigantoscelus molengraaffi (Hoepen van, 1916)
16 fragmentary skeletons, adult.
\\\"good-legged lizard\\\"
Euskelosaurus is characterized by a deltapectoral crest of the humerus that is sigmoid in cranial view.
Durand (2001) reported on juvenile Euskelosaurus material, from diferent locations in the Kruger National Park, among these remains are fragments of vertebrae, femora, tibiae, and a humerus, all of which are well ossifiedand nearly identical in their morphology to corresponding elements in adults. Between the adult and juvenile elements a substantial size disparity was observed. A complete femur of an adult mesures 760 mm. in length, the esimated length for the largest found juvenile femur is 150 mm, the smallest 70 mm.
Huxley, 1866
Time
Triassic Late Carnian Norian
Classification
Saurischia Sauropodomorpha Prosauropoda Plateosauridae
Diet
Herbivore
Fossilsite
Lower Elliot Formation, Orange Free State, Cape Province; Bushveld Sandstone, (Springbok Flats Member of Bushveld Sandstone), Transvaal, South Africa; Lower Elliot Formation, Leribe, Lesotho; Mpandi Formation, Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe
Length
10 meter
Info
Genus - Typespecies
Euskelosaurus browni (Huxley, 1866) = Plateosauravus (Huene, 1932)
Euskelosaurus browni > Euskelosaurus africanus (Haughton, 1924) Plateosaurus cullingworthi (Haughton, 1924) Plateosaurus stormbergenis (Broom, 1915) Orinosaurus capensis (Lydekker, 1889) Orosaurus (Huxley, 1867 / Peters, 1862)
Euskelosaurus browni > Euskelosaurus molengraaffi (Hoepen van, 1916) >> Gigantoscelus molengraaffi (Hoepen van, 1916)
16 fragmentary skeletons, adult.
\\\"good-legged lizard\\\"
Euskelosaurus is characterized by a deltapectoral crest of the humerus that is sigmoid in cranial view.
Durand (2001) reported on juvenile Euskelosaurus material, from diferent locations in the Kruger National Park, among these remains are fragments of vertebrae, femora, tibiae, and a humerus, all of which are well ossifiedand nearly identical in their morphology to corresponding elements in adults. Between the adult and juvenile elements a substantial size disparity was observed. A complete femur of an adult mesures 760 mm. in length, the esimated length for the largest found juvenile femur is 150 mm, the smallest 70 mm.