Genus
Ichnogenus Formal taxon Extinct

Pseudotrisauropus

Ellenberger 1970

Pseudotrisauropus is an ichnogenus of reptile footprint.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
6
Group
Dinosaures
Terrestrial
Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
Saurischia Unranked clade
Sauropodomorpha Unranked clade
Thecodontosauridae Family
Pseudotrisauropus Genus
Fossil sites 6 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇱🇸 Lesotho
6
Geological formations
Molteno
2
Elliot
2
Temporal distribution
Sinemurian (199.5–192.9 Ma)
2
Norian (227.3–205.7 Ma)
3
Carnian (237–227.3 Ma)
1
Species (6)
Pseudotrisauropus dieterleni 200 Ma
Pseudotrisauropus humilis 227 Ma
Pseudotrisauropus maserui 237 Ma
Pseudotrisauropus minusculus 227 Ma
Pseudotrisauropus molekoi 237 Ma
Pseudotrisauropus subengensis 200 Ma
Bibliography
Original description
P. Ellenberger. 1970. Les niveaux paléontologiques de première apparition des mammifères primoridaux en Afrique du Sud et leur ichnologie. Establissement de zones stratigraphiques detaillees dans le Stormberg du Lesotho (Afrique du Sud) (Trias Supérieur à Jurassique) [The paleontological levels of the first appearance of primordial mammals in southern Africa and their ichnology. Establishment of detailed stratigraphic zones in the Stormberg of Lesotho (southern Africa) (Upper Triassic to Jurassic). In: S. H. Haughton (ed.), Second Symposium on Gondwana Stratigraphy and Paleontology, International Union of Geological Sciences. Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Pretoria
Bibliography (2)
P. Ellenberger. 1972. Contribution à la classification des Pistes de Vertébrés du Trias: Les types du Stormberg d’Afrique du Sud (I) [Contribution to the classification of Triassic vertebrate footprints: the types from the Stormberg of South Africa (I)]. Palaeovertebrata Mem. Ext.(1972):1-152
P. Ellenberger. 1970. Les niveaux paléontologiques de première apparition des mammifères primoridaux en Afrique du Sud et leur ichnologie. Establissement de zones stratigraphiques detaillees dans le Stormberg du Lesotho (Afrique du Sud) (Trias Supérieur à Jurassique) [The paleontological levels of the first appearance of primordial mammals in southern Africa and their ichnology. Establishment of detailed stratigraphic zones in the Stormberg of Lesotho (southern Africa) (Upper Triassic to Jurassic). In: S. H. Haughton (ed.), Second Symposium on Gondwana Stratigraphy and Paleontology, International Union of Geological Sciences. Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Pretoria