Species
Valid Extinct

Blikanasaurus cromptoni

Galton and Van Heerden 1985

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Dinosaures
Terrestrial
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Saurischia Unranked clade
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Sauropodomorpha Unranked clade
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Massopoda Unranked clade
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Sauropodiformes Unranked clade
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Blikanasaurus Genus
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Blikanasaurus cromptoni Species
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇿🇦 South Africa
2
Geological formations
Elliot
2
Temporal distribution
Norian (227.3–205.7 Ma)
2
Bibliography
Original description
P. M. Galton and J. Van Heerden. 1985. Partial hindlimb of <i>Blikanasaurus cromptoni</i> n. gen. and n. sp., representing a new family of prosauropod dinosaurs from the Upper Triassic of South Africa. Géobios 18(4):509-516 DOI ↗
Bibliography (2)
A. M. Yates. 2008. A second specimen of Blikanasaurus (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) and the biostratigraphy of the lower Elliot Formation. Palaeontologia africana 43:39-43
P. M. Galton and J. Van Heerden. 1985. Partial hindlimb of <i>Blikanasaurus cromptoni</i> n. gen. and n. sp., representing a new family of prosauropod dinosaurs from the Upper Triassic of South Africa. Géobios 18(4):509-516 DOI ↗