Genre
Ichnogenre Taxon formel Éteint

Pseudotetrasauropus

Ellenberger 1965

Pseudotetrasauropus is an ichnogenus of sauropod dinosaur footprint from the Elliot Formation of Lesotho and South Africa. In 2020 based on the 60 cm long footprint Molina-Pérez and Larramendi estimated the size of the animal at 9.1 meters and 2 tonnes.

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Plage temporelle
Trias
Jurassique
Crétacé
Paléogène
Néogène
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
Occurrences PBDB
12
Groupe
Dinosaures
Herbivore Vivant au sol Terrestre
Pseudotetrasauropus
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Tracks of the dinosaur Pseudotetrasauropus bipedoida. © L. Sciscio, E. M. Bordy, M. G. Lockley, M. Abrahams · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia

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Classification
Dinosauria Clade non classé
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Saurischia Clade non classé
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Sauropodomorpha Clade non classé
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Bagualosauria Clade non classé
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Plateosauria Clade non classé
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Anchisauria Clade non classé
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Prosauropoda Clade non classé
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Pseudotetrasauropus Genre
Sites de découverte 12 sites géolocalisés
Répartition
Principaux pays
🇺🇸 États-Unis
6
🇱🇸 Lesotho
4
🇬🇧 Royaume-Uni
2
Formations géologiques
Elliot
3
Chinle
3
Molteno
1
Rock Point
1
Redonda
1
Sloan Canyon
1
Distribution temporelle
Rhétien (205.7–201.4 Ma)
2
Norien (227.3–205.7 Ma)
9
Carnien (237–227.3 Ma)
1
Espèces (7)
Pseudotetrasauropus andusiensis
Pseudotetrasauropus augustus subjective synonym of Pseudotetrasauropus bipedoida 227 Ma
Pseudotetrasauropus bipedoida 227 Ma
Pseudotetrasauropus corbesiensis
Pseudotetrasauropus jaquesi 227 Ma
Pseudotetrasauropus lehmani nomen nudum, species not entered Pseudotetrasauropus
Pseudotetrasauropus mekalingensis nomen dubium, species not entered Pseudotetrasauropus 237 Ma
Synonymes (2)
Pseudotetrasauropus lehmani nomen nudum, species not entered Pseudotetrasauropus
Pseudotetrasauropus mekalingensis nomen dubium, species not entered Pseudotetrasauropus
Bibliographie
Description originale
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
Bibliographie (8)
M. G. Lockley, J. R. Foster, and G. D. Gierlinski, K. Shibata. 2018. Upper Triassic tetrapod track assemblages from the Chinle Group, Moab area, Utah. Fossil Record 6. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 79:417-427
A. H. Hamblin and J. R. Foster. 2001. Ancient animal footprints and traces in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, south-central Utah. D. A. Sprinkel, T. C. Chidsey, Jr., & P. B. Anderson (eds.), Geology of Utah's Parks and Monuments: 2000 Utah Geological Association Publication 28:1-12
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, A. P. Hunt, and R. Gaston, J. I. Kirkland. 1996. A trackway bonanza with mammal footprints from the Late Triassic of Colorado. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 16(3, suppl.):49A
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 ↗
A. P. Hunt, M. G. Lockley, and S. G. Lucas. 1993. Vertebrate and invertebrate tracks and trackways from Upper Triassic strata of the Tucumcari Basin, east-central New Mexico, USA. The Nonmarine Triassic. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 3:199-201
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