Genus
Ichnogenus Formal taxon Extinct

Mafatrisauropus

Ellenberger 1970

Mafatrisauropus is an ichnogenus of reptile footprint.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
3
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Theropoda Unranked clade
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Neotheropoda Unranked clade
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Averostra Unranked clade
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Tetanurae Unranked clade
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Avetheropoda Order
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Carnosauria Infraorder
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Mafatrisauropus Genus
Fossil sites 3 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇱🇸 Lesotho
2
🇫🇷 France
1
Geological formations
Elliot
1
Temporal distribution
Sinemurian (199.5–192.9 Ma)
1
Hettangian (201.4–199.5 Ma)
1
Norian (227.3–205.7 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Mafatrisauropus errans 227 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)
G. Gand, G. Demathieu, and M. Grancier, J. Sciau. 2005. Les traces dinosauroïdes du Trias supérieur français : discrimination, interprétation et comparaison [Dinosauroid footprints of the French Upper Triassic: discrimination, interpretation, and comparison]. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 176(1):69-79
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