Species
Valid Extinct

Melanorosaurus readi

Haughton 1924

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
3
Group
Dinosaures
Terrestrial
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Saurischia Unranked clade
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Sauropodomorpha Unranked clade
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Massopoda Unranked clade
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Sauropodiformes Unranked clade
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Melanorosaurus Genus
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Melanorosaurus readi Species
Fossil sites 3 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇿🇦 South Africa
3
Geological formations
Elliot
3
Temporal distribution
Norian (227.3–205.7 Ma)
3
Bibliography
Original description
S. H. Haughton. 1924. The fauna and stratigraphy of the Stormberg Series. Annals of the South African Museum 12:323-497
Bibliography (3)
A. M. Yates. 2007. The first complete skull of the Triassic dinosaur Melanorosaurus Haughton (Sauropodomorpha: Anchisauria). Special Papers in Palaeontology 77:9-55
J. v. Heerden and P. M. Galton. 1997. The affinities of <i>Melanorosaurus</i> – a Late Triassic prosauropod dinosaur from South Africa. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Monatshefte 1997(1):39-55 DOI ↗
S. H. Haughton. 1924. The fauna and stratigraphy of the Stormberg Series. Annals of the South African Museum 12:323-497