Partial hindlimb of Blikanasaurus cromptoni n. gen. and n. sp.,representing a new family of prosauropod dinosaurs from the upper triassic of South Africa
Abstract
The holotype of the prosauropod dinosaur Blikanasaurus cromptoni n. gen. and n. sp., a partial hindlimb, is described from the lower Elliot Formation (= Red Beds) (upper Carnian or lower Norian; Upper Triassic) of Herschel district, Transkei, South Africa. The new prosauropod family Blikanasauridae is characterized by a hindlimb that is extremely stocky, especially the metatarsus, with the distal tarsals medially situated. Blikanasaurus was an early experiment in the direction of heavily-built, quadrupedal saurischians, but it was not on the evolutionary line that gave rise to the Sauropoda.
- Publication:
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Géobios
- Pub Date:
- 1985
- DOI:
- 10.1016/S0016-6995(85)80003-6
- Bibcode:
- 1985Geobi..18..509G
- Keywords:
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- Prosauropod Dinosaurs;
- Upper Triassic;
- New Genus;
- New Species;
- New Family;
- Anatomy;
- Skeleton;
- South Africa