Sefapanosaurus

Name: Sefapanosaurus ‭(‬Sefapano lizard‭)‬.
Phonetic: Sef-ah-pan-o-sor-us.
Named By: A.‭ ‬Otero,‭ ‬E.‭ ‬Krupandan,‭ ‬D.‭ ‬Pol,‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Chinsamy‭ & ‬J.‭ ‬Choiniere‭ ‬-‭ ‬2015.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Saurischia,‭ ‬Sauropodomorpha.
Species: S.‭ ‬zastronensis‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Herbivore‭?
Size: Roughly estimated to be about‭ ‬9‭ ‬meters long.
Known locations: South Africa‭ ‬-‭ ‬Elliot Formation.
Time period: Norian of the Triassic.
Fossil representation: Partial limb bones,‭ ‬plus scattered remains from at least four individuals.

       Sefapanosaurus is a genus of sauropodomorph dinosaur that lived in South Africa during the late Triassic.

Further reading
-‭ ‬A new basal sauropodiform from South Africa and the phylogenetic relationships of basal sauropodomorphs.‭ ‬Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society‭ ‬174:589-634.‭ ‬-‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Otero,‭ ‬E.‭ ‬Krupandan,‭ ‬D.‭ ‬Pol,‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Chinsamy‭ & ‬J.‭ ‬Choiniere‭ ‬-‭ ‬2015.



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