Genus
Ichnogenus Formal taxon Extinct

Tetrasauropus

Ellenberger 1970

Tetrasauropus is an ichnogenus of dinosaur footprint from the Elliot Formation.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
5
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling Terrestrial
Tetrasauropus
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Tetrapodus unguiferus © L. Sciscio, E. M. Bordy, M. G. Lockley, M. Abrahams · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
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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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Bagualosauria Unranked clade
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Plateosauria Unranked clade
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Anchisauria Unranked clade
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Prosauropoda Unranked clade
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Tetrasauropus Genus
Fossil sites 5 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇦🇷 Argentina
1
🇺🇸 United States
1
🇨🇭 Switzerland
1
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
1
🇱🇸 Lesotho
1
Geological formations
Cerro de Las Cabras
1
Nugget Sandstone
1
Diavel
1
Elliot
1
Temporal distribution
Norian (227.3–205.7 Ma)
4
Anisian (247–241.464 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Tetrasauropus unguiferus 227 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
P. Ellenberger. 1970. Les niveaux paléontologiques de première apparition des mammifères primoridaux en Afrique du Sud et leur ichnologie. Establissement de zones stratigraphiques detaillees dans le Stormberg du Lesotho (Afrique du Sud) (Trias Supérieur à Jurassique) [The paleontological levels of the first appearance of primordial mammals in southern Africa and their ichnology. Establishment of detailed stratigraphic zones in the Stormberg of Lesotho (southern Africa) (Upper Triassic to Jurassic). In: S. H. Haughton (ed.), Second Symposium on Gondwana Stratigraphy and Paleontology, International Union of Geological Sciences. Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Pretoria
Bibliography (5)
R. N. Melchor and S. de Valais. 2006. A review of Triassic tetrapod track assemblages from Argentina. Palaeontology 49(2):355-379 DOI ↗
M. G. Lockley and C. A. Meyer. 2000. Dinosaur Tracks and Other Fossil Footprints of Europe. Columbia University Press, New York DOI ↗
M. G. Lockley, M. King, and S. Howe, T. Sharp. 1996. Dinosaur tracks and other archosaur footprints from the Triassic of South Wales. Ichnos 5:23-41 DOI ↗
M. G. Lockley and A. P. Hunt. 1995. Dinosaur Tracks and Other Fossil Footprints of the Western United States DOI ↗
P. Ellenberger. 1970. Les niveaux paléontologiques de première apparition des mammifères primoridaux en Afrique du Sud et leur ichnologie. Establissement de zones stratigraphiques detaillees dans le Stormberg du Lesotho (Afrique du Sud) (Trias Supérieur à Jurassique) [The paleontological levels of the first appearance of primordial mammals in southern Africa and their ichnology. Establishment of detailed stratigraphic zones in the Stormberg of Lesotho (southern Africa) (Upper Triassic to Jurassic). In: S. H. Haughton (ed.), Second Symposium on Gondwana Stratigraphy and Paleontology, International Union of Geological Sciences. Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Pretoria