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Massospondylus carinatus

Owen 1854

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Plage temporelle
Trias
Jurassique
Crétacé
Paléogène
Néogène
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
Occurrences PBDB
11
Groupe
Dinosaures
Terrestre
Classification
Dinosauria Clade non classé
Saurischia Clade non classé
Sauropodomorpha Clade non classé
Massopoda Clade non classé
Massospondylidae Famille
Massospondylus Genre
Massospondylus carinatus Espèce
Sites de découverte 11 sites géolocalisés
Répartition
Principaux pays
🇿🇦 Afrique du Sud
9
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
2
Formations géologiques
Elliot
6
Upper Karroo Sandstone
1
Forest Sandstone
1
Distribution temporelle
Pliensbachien (192.9–184.2 Ma)
4
Sinémurien (199.5–192.9 Ma)
7
Bibliographie
Description originale
R. Owen. 1854. Descriptive catalogue of the Fossil organic remains of Reptilia and Pisces contained in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. London
Bibliographie (7)
B. M. Weiss, J. Botha, and J. N. Choiniere. 2022. Limb bone histology of theropod dinosaurs from the Early Jurassic of South Africa. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 42(2):e2145901:1-9 DOI ↗
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 DOI ↗
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
H.-D. Sues, R. R. Reisz, and S. Hinic, M. A. Raath. 2004. On the skull of Massospondylus carinatus Owen, 1854 (Dinosauria: Sauropodomorpha) from the Elliot and Clarens Formations (Lower Jurassic) of South Africa. Annals of Carnegie Museum 73(4):239-257 DOI ↗
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
A. O. Thompson. 1975. The Karoo rocks in the Mazinga area, Beitbridge District. Rhodesia Geological Survey Short Report 40:1-79
R. Owen. 1854. Descriptive catalogue of the Fossil organic remains of Reptilia and Pisces contained in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. London