AfricaDinosauriaEarly JurassicEusaurischiaMassopodaMassospondylidaePlateosauriaSaurischiaSauropodomorpha
Hortalotarsus skirtopodus
Dinosaur: Hortalotarsus skirtopodus
| Length*: | 2.7 m | 8.9 ft |
| Weight*: | 48 kg | 106 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Early Jurassic
Stage: Pliensbachian
Details
Status: nomen dubium
Autor: Seeley
Year: 1894
Area: Africa
Country: South Africa
Region: Eastern Cape
Formation: Clarens
Classification
Dinosauria
Saurischia
Eusaurischia
Sauropodomorpha
Plateosauria
Massopoda
Massospondylidae
Other
Material: Partial skeleton (tibia, fibula, phalanges and destroyed bones- humerus ?, scapula ?, vertebrae, ribs, femur ?, ilium ? and other fragments).
References: Seeley, H.G. (1894). "LIII.—On Hortalotarsus skirtopodus, a new Saurischian fossil from Barkly East, Cape Colony".
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