A definite prosauropod dinosaur from the Lower Elliot Formation (Norian: Upper Triassic) of South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorYates, Adam M.
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-12T07:34:35Z
dc.date.available2015-01-12T07:34:35Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.descriptionMain articleen_ZA
dc.description.abstractA new sauropodomorph dinosaur specimen is described and identified as a prosauropod. It is tentatively placed as the sister taxon of Riojasaurus incertus from Argentina. The systematic position of all commonly accepted sauropodomorph dinosaurs from the Lower Elliott Formation of South Africa is reviewed and it is found that none can be positively identified as prosauropod. Euskelosaurus browni is a nomen dubium based on material that cannot be identified further than Sauropodomorpha. Blikanasaurus cromptoni and Antetonitrus ingenipes are basal sauropods. Melanorosaurus readi is probably another basal sauropod but opinion remains divided. Plateosauravus cullingworthi presents conflicting character data and at present is classified as Sauropodomorpha incertae sedis. Consequently the specimen described here represents the only prosauropod specimen currently recognized in the Lower Elliot Formation of South Africa.en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipNRF postdoctoral fellowship.en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationNoneen_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0078-8554
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10539/16435
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherBernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Researchen_ZA
dc.relation.ispartofseriesNone;
dc.subjectTriassic, Lower Elliot Formation, South Africa, Sauropodomorpha, Prosauropoda.en_ZA
dc.titleA definite prosauropod dinosaur from the Lower Elliot Formation (Norian: Upper Triassic) of South Africaen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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