Blikanasaurus

Blikanasaurus
Temporal range: Late Triassic, Norian
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Clade:Dinosauria
Order:Saurischia
Suborder:†Sauropodomorpha
Clade:†Sauropoda
Family:†Blikanasauridae
Genus:†Blikanasaurus
Galton & van Heerden, 1985
Species: †B. cromptoni
Binomial name
Blikanasaurus cromptoni
Galton & van Heerden, 1985

Blikanasaurus (meaning "Blikana lizard") is a genus of sauropodomorph dinosaur from the late Triassic of what is now South Africa. Known from a left lower limb only, its remains were found in Lower Elliot Formation rocks near the Blikana location in what is now the Eastern Cape Province. The type specimen is housed in the South African Museum in Cape Town. The type species, Blikanasaurus cromptoni, was first described by Galton and van Heerden in 1985. The specific epithet was named in honour of Dr AW (Fuzz) Crompton, then director of the South African Museum, thereafter at Yale and Harvard. Blikanasaurus is the type genus of the family Blikanasauridae, and it has been variously classified as either a prosauropod or a basal sauropod.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ Galton, Peter M.; Van Heerden, Jacques (1985). "Partial hindlimb of Blikanasaurus cromptoni n. gen. And n. Sp.,representing a new family of prosauropod dinosaurs from the upper triassic of South Africa". Geobios. 18 (4): 509. doi:10.1016/S0016-6995(85)80003-6.
  2. ↑ Yates, A.M. (2008). "A second specimen of Blikanasaurus (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) and the biostratigraphy of the lower Elliot Formation".


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