Species
Valid Extinct

Massospondylus carinatus

Owen 1854

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
11
Group
Dinosaures
Terrestrial
Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
Saurischia Unranked clade
Sauropodomorpha Unranked clade
Massopoda Unranked clade
Massospondylidae Family
Massospondylus Genus
Massospondylus carinatus Species
Fossil sites 11 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇿🇦 South Africa
9
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
2
Geological formations
Elliot
6
Upper Karroo Sandstone
1
Forest Sandstone
1
Temporal distribution
Pliensbachian (192.9–184.2 Ma)
4
Sinemurian (199.5–192.9 Ma)
7
Bibliography
Original description
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
Bibliography (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