A reassessment of Vulcanodon karibaensis Raath (Dinosauria:Saurischia) and the origin of the Sauropoda

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dc.contributor.authorCooper, Michael R.
dc.date.accessioned2014-12-23T15:05:15Z
dc.date.available2014-12-23T15:05:15Z
dc.date.issued1984
dc.description.abstractVulcanadon karibaensis Raath is redescribed and figured in detail. It forms the basis of the new sauropod family Vulcanodontidae, to which the Indian Barapasaurus is also provisionally referred. The retention of numerous symplesiomorphies with the Prosauropoda leaves little doubt as to its ancestry. It is considered a primitive sauropod on account of its large size, columnar limbs, pelvic structure, reduced cnemial crest to the tibia, lack of distal tarsals, the length of its forelimbs and its quadrupedal gait. The post-cranial anatomy of Vulcanodon is sufficiently generalized for the Vulcanodontidae to have formed the ancestral stock of both the Camarasauridae and Diplodocidae.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0078-8554
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10539/16126
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherBernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Researchen_ZA
dc.subjectVulcanodontidaeen_ZA
dc.subjectBarapasaurusen_ZA
dc.subjectProsauropodaen_ZA
dc.titleA reassessment of Vulcanodon karibaensis Raath (Dinosauria:Saurischia) and the origin of the Sauropodaen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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