AfricaDinosauriaEarly JurassicEusaurischiaMassopodaMassospondylidaePlateosauriaSaurischiaSauropodomorpha
“Massospondylus” schwarzi
Dinosaur: "Massospondylus" schwarzi
| Length*: | 4.2 m | 13.8 ft |
| Weight*: | 180 kg | 397 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Early Jurassic
Stage: Hettangian-Sinemurian
Details
Status: nomen dubium /S > Massospondylus carinatus
Autor: Haughton
Year: 1924
Area: Africa
Country: South Africa
Region: Eastern Cape
Formation: Upper Elliot
Classification
Dinosauria
Saurischia
Eusaurischia
Sauropodomorpha
Plateosauria
Massopoda
Massospondylidae
Other
Material: Partial tibia and pes.
References: Barrett, Chapelle, Staunton, Botha & Choiniere (2019) Postcranial osteology of the neotype specimen of Massospondylus carinatus Owen, 1854 (Dinosauria: Sauropodomorpha) from the upper Elliot formation of South Africa.
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