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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Massopoda
Clade non classé
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Massospondylidae
Famille
Sites de découverte 121 sites géolocalisés
Répartition
Principaux pays
Formations géologiques
Distribution temporelle
Aalénien
(174.7–170.9 Ma)
1
Pliensbachien
(192.9–184.2 Ma)
22
Sinémurien
(199.5–192.9 Ma)
88
Hettangien
(201.4–199.5 Ma)
5
Norien
(227.3–205.7 Ma)
4
Carnien
(237–227.3 Ma)
1
Bibliographie
Description originale
F. v. Huene. 1914. I: Animalia. Pars 4. Saurischia et Ornithischia triadica (“Dinosauria” triadica).
Bibliographie (44)
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L. Sciscio, P. A. Viglietti, and P. M. Barrett, T. J. Broderick, D. Munyikwa, K. E. J. Chapelle, K. N. Dollman, S. F. Edwards, M. Zondo, J. N. Choiniere. 2021. Sedimentology and palaeontology of the Upper Karoo Group in the Mid-Zambezi Basin, Zimbabwe: new localities and their implications for interbasinal correlation. Geological Magazine 158:1035-1058
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E. H. Bodenham and P. M. Barrett. 2020. A new specimen of the sauropodomorph dinosaur Ignavusaurus rachelis from the Early Jurassic of Lesotho. Palaeontologia Africana 54:48-55
K. E. J. Chapelle, P. M. Barrett, and J. Botha, J. N. Choiniere. 2019. Ngwevu intloko: a new early sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Lower Jurassic Elliot Formation of South Africa and comments on cranial ontogeny in Massospondylus carinatus. PeerJ 7:e7240:1-59
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K. N. Dollman, P. A. Viglietti, and J. N. Choiniere. 2019. A new specimen of Orthosuchus stormbergi (Nash 1968) and a review of the distribution of Southern African Lower Jurassic crocodylomorphs. Historical Biology 31(5):653-664
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L. Xing, B. M. Rothschild, and H. Ran, T. Miyashita, W. S. Persons IV, T. Sekiya, J. Zhang, T. Wang, Z. Dong. 2015. Vertebral fusion in two Early Jurassic sauropodomorph dinosaurs from the Lufeng Formation of Yunnan, China. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 60(3):643-649
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C. Apaldetti, D. Pol, and A. M. Yates. 2013. The postcranial anatomy of Coloradisaurus brevis (Dinosauria: Sauropodomorpha) from the Late Triassic and its phylogenetic implications. Palaeontology 56(2):277-301
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R. J. Butler, A. M. Yates, and O. W. M. Rauhut, C. Foth. 2013. A pathological tail in a basal sauropodomorph dinosaur from South Africa: evidence of traumatic amputation?. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33(1):224-228
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R. R. Reisz, T. D. Huang, and E. M. Roberts, S. Peng, C. Sullivan, K. Stein, A. R. H. LeBlanc, D. Shieh, R. Chang, C. Chiang, C. Yang, S. Zhong. 2013. Embryology of Early Jurassic dinosaur from China with evidence of preserved organic remains. Nature 496:210-214
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C. Apaldetti, R. N. Martinez, and O. A. Alcober, D. Pol. 2011. A new basal sauropodomorph (Dinosauria: Saurischia) from Quebrada del Barro Formation (Marayes-El Carrizal Basin), Northwestern Argentina. PLoS ONE 6(11):e26964:1-19
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T. B. Rowe, H.-D. Sues, and R. R. Reisz. 2011. Dispersal and diversity in the earliest North American sauropodomorph dinosaurs, with a description of a new taxon. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 278:1044-1053
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F. Knoll. 2010. A primitive sauropodomorph from the upper Elliot Formation of Lesotho. Geological Magazine 147(6):814-829
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R. R. Reisz, D. C. Evans, and H.-D. Sues, D. Scott. 2010. Embryonic skeletal anatomy of the sauropodomorph dinosaur Massospondylus from the Lower Jurassic of South Africa. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(6):1653-1665
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T. Sekiya and Z. Dong. 2010. A new juvenile specimen of Lufengosaurus huenei Young, 1941 (Dinosauria: Prosauropoda) from the Lower Jurassic Lower Lufeng Formation of Yunnan, southwest China. Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) 84(1):11-21
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P. M. Barrett. 2009. A new basal sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Upper Elliot Formation (Lower Jurassic) of South Africa. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29(4):1032-1045
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R. N. Martínez. 2009. Adeopapposaurus mognai, gen. et sp. nov. (Dinosauria: Sauropodomorpha), with comments on adaptations of basal Sauropodomorpha. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29(1):142-164
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T. S. Kutty, S. Chatterjee, and P. M. Galton, P. Upchurch. 2007. Basal sauropodomorphs (Dinosauria, Saurischia) from the Lower Jurassic of India: their anatomy and relationships. Journal of Paleontology 81(6):1552-1574
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N. D. Smith and D. Pol. 2007. Anatomy of a basal sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Early Jurassic Hanson Formation of Antarctica. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 52(4):657-674
P. M. Barrett and A. M. Yates. 2005. New information on the palate and lower jaw of Massospondylus (Dinosauria: Sauropodomorpha). Palaeontologia Africana 41:123-130
G. Peng, Y. Ye, and Y. Gao, C. Shu, S. Jiang. 2005. Zìgòng dìqū zhū luó jì kǒnglóng dòngwù qún [Jurassic Dinosaur Faunas in Zigong].
P. M. Barrett. 2004. Sauropodomorph dinosaur diversity in the upper Elliot Formation (Massospondylus range zone: Lower Jurassic) of South Africa. South African Journal of Science 100:501-503
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F. Hölzforster, H. Stollhofen, and I. G. Stanistreet. 1999. Lithostratigraphy and depositional environments in the Waterberg-Erongo area, central Namibia, and correlation with the main Karoo Basin, South Africa. Journal of African Earth Sciences 29(1):105-123
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D. Munyikwa. 1997. Faunal analysis of Karoo-aged sediments in the northern Limpopo Valley, Zimbabwe. Arnoldia Zimbabwe 10(13):129-140
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A. B. Busbey III and C. E. Gow. 1984. A new protosuchian crocodile from the Upper Triassic Elliot Formation of South Africa. Palaeontologia Africana 25:127-149
J. W. Kitching and M. A. Raath. 1984. Fossils from the Elliot and Clarens Formations (Karoo Sequence) of the northeastern Cape, Orange Free State and Lesotho, and a suggested biozonation based on tetrapods. Palaeontologia Africana 25:111-125
M. R. Cooper. 1981. The prosauropod dinosaur Massospondylus carinatus Owen from Zimbabwe: its biology, mode of life and phylogenetic significance. Occasional Papers of the National Museums and Monuments of Rhodesia, Series B, Natural Sciences 6(10):689-840
J. W. Kitching. 1979. Preliminary report on a clutch of six dinosaurian eggs from the Upper Triassic Elliot Formation, Northern Orange Free State. Palaeontologia Africana 22:41-45
J. F. Bonaparte. 1978. Coloradia brevis n. g. et n. sp. (Saurischia–Prosauropoda), dinosaurio Plateosauridae de la Formacion Los Colorados, Triasico Superior de La Rioja, Argentina [Coloradia brevis n. g. et n. sp. (Saurischia–Prosauropoda), a plateosaurid from the Upper Triassic Los Colorados Formation of La Rioja, Argentina]. Ameghiniana 15(3-4):327-332
R. L. Carroll and P. M. Galton. 1977. 'Modern' lizard from the Upper Triassic of China. Nature 266(5599):252-255
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A. O. Thompson. 1975. The Karoo rocks in the Mazinga area, Beitbridge District. Rhodesia Geological Survey Short Report 40:1-79
M. A. Raath. 1974. Fossil vertebrate studies in Rhodesia: Further evidence of gastroliths in prosauropod dinosaurs. Arnoldia 7(5):1-7
A. K. Rozhdestvensky. 1965. Vosractnay ismenchivosty i nekotorie voprosi sistematiki dinosavrov Asii [Growth changes in Asian dinosaurs and some problems of their taxonomy]. Paleontologicheskiy Zhurnal 1965(3):95-109
D. J. Simmons. 1965. The non-therapsid reptiles of the Lufeng Basin, Yunnan, China. Fieldiana: Geology 15(1):1-93
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A. W. Crompton. 1964. A preliminary description of a new mammal from the Upper Triassic of South Africa. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 142(3):441-452
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J. Attridge. 1963. The Upper Triassic Karroo deposits and fauna of southern Rhodesia. South African Journal of Science 59(5):242-247
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C.-C. Young. 1948. Further notes on Gyposaurus sinensis Young. Bulletin of the Geological Society of China 28(1-2):91-103
C.-C. Young. 1947. On Lufengosaurus magnus Young (sp. nov.) and additional finds of Lufengosaurus huenei Young. Palaeontologia Sinica, New Series C, Whole Series No. 132 12:1-53
C.-C. Young. 1940. Preliminary notes on the Lufeng vertebrate fossils. Bulletin of the Geological Society of China 20(3-4):235-239
A. E. Phaup. 1932. Fossil reptilian remains from Chelmer Farm, Nyamandhlovu District. Proceedings of the Rhodesia Scientific Association 31:37-39
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