Describer

Haughton, 1924

Time

Jurassic Early Hettangian ?Sinemurian

Classification

Saurischia Sauropodomorpha Prosauropoda Massospondylidae

Diet

Herbivore

Fossilsite

Upper Eliot Formation, Quthing District, Lesotho, 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 > 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)