A New Basal Sauropodomorph Dinosaur from the Upper Elliot Formation (Lower Jurassic) of South Africa

Paul M. Barrett

doi:10.1671/039.029.0401

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Paul M. Barretthttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0412-3000¹

¹Department of Palaeontology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK; P.Barrett@nhm.ac.uk

Abstract

A new basal sauropodomorph dinosaur, Massospondylus kaalae sp. nov., is named on the basis of a partial skull from the upper Elliot Formation (Lower Jurassic) of the Herschel District, South Africa. It can be distinguished from Massospondylus carinatus by a combination of character states relating to the proportions of the premaxilla, the presence of a strong ridge on the dorsolateral surface of the lacrimal, and the morphology of the braincase. The description of Massospondylus kaalae further increases sauropodomorph diversity in the previously depauperate upper Elliot fauna.

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Paul M. Barrett "A New Basal Sauropodomorph Dinosaur from the Upper Elliot Formation (Lower Jurassic) of South Africa," Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29(4), 1032-1045, (1 December 2009). https://doi.org/10.1671/039.029.0401

Received: 12 December 2008; Accepted: 1 January 2009; Published: 1 December 2009

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