A second specimen of Blikanasaurus (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) and the biostratigraphy of the lower Elliot Formation

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dc.contributor.authorYates, Adam M.
dc.date.accessioned2014-02-18T07:38:28Z
dc.date.available2014-02-18T07:38:28Z
dc.date.issued2008-04
dc.description.abstractA second specimen of the rare basal sauropod Blikanasaurus cromptoni, is recorded from a site in the Ladybrand district of the Eastern Free State, South Africa. The specimen consists of a right metatarsal 1 that originated from the upper 20mof the lower Elliot Formation. It can be referred to B. cromptoni on the basis of its small size and highly robust proportions, which distinguish this taxon from all other sauropodomorphs. This record extends the geographic distribution of B. cromptoni north into the region of the main Karoo Basin where the Elliot Formation is dramatically thinner. It also extends the known stratigraphic range of B. cromptoni up from the base of the Elliot Formation into a position near the top of the lower member. This new record, combined with other new discoveries, supports the hypothesis that the thin northern part of the lower Elliot Formation is a condensed section that is largely, if not entirely, coeval with the thicker southern sections.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0078-8554
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net10539/13807
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherBernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Research, university of the Witwatersranden_ZA
dc.subjectbasal sauropoden_ZA
dc.subjectBlikanasaurusen_ZA
dc.subjectTriassicen_ZA
dc.subjectbiostratigraphyen_ZA
dc.subjectKaroo Basinen_ZA
dc.subjectElliot Formationen_ZA
dc.titleA second specimen of Blikanasaurus (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) and the biostratigraphy of the lower Elliot Formationen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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