Describer

Broom, 1911

Time

Jurassic Early Sinemurian

Classification

Saurischia Sauropodomorpha Prosauropoda Massospondylidae

Diet

Herbivore

Fossilsite

Orange Free State; South Africa

Fall Under

Massospondylus

Info

Genus

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)

Originally characterized as a \\\"carnivorous Dinosaur.\\\"