Genus

Ichnogenus Formal taxon Extinct

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.

Temporal range

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

Paleogene

Neogene

252 201 145 66 0 Ma

PBDB occurrences

Group

Dinosaures

Herbivore Ground dwelling Terrestrial

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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 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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Pseudotetrasauropus Genus

Fossil sites 12 geolocated sites

Distribution

Top countries

🇺🇸 United States

🇱🇸 Lesotho

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Geological formations

Elliot

Chinle

Molteno

Rock Point

Redonda

Sloan Canyon

Temporal distribution

Rhaetian (205.7–201.4 Ma)

Norian (227.3–205.7 Ma)

Carnian (237–227.3 Ma)

Species (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

Synonyms (2)

Pseudotetrasauropus lehmani nomen nudum, species not entered Pseudotetrasauropus

Pseudotetrasauropus mekalingensis nomen dubium, species not entered Pseudotetrasauropus

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 (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