ARISTOSAURUS
a dubious sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Early Jurassic of South Africa.
Pronunciation:
Meaning: Best lizard
Author/s: van Hoepen (
1920)
Synonyms: None known
First Discovery: Free State, South Africa
Acta Ordinal: #126
Aristosaurus erectus
Discovery
The remains of
Aristosaurus were discovered in the Clarens Formation by quarry workers near Roosendal, Senekal District, Ficksburg, Free State, South Africa.
The
holotype (TM 130) is an almost complete skeleton, preserved on a slab and counter slab.
Estimations
Timeline:
Era: Mesozoic
Epoch: Early Jurassic
Stage: Pliensbachian–Toarcian
Age range: 193-175 mya
Stats:
Est. max. length: ?
Est. max. hip height: ?
Est. max. weight: ?
Diet: Herbivore
References
• Van Hoepen ECN (1920) "
A new dinosaur from the Stormberg Beds".
Annals of the Transvaal Museum. Contributions to the knowledge of the reptiles of the Karroo Formation, 7(2): 77–92.
• Huene Fv (1932) "Die fossile Reptil-Ordnung Saurischia, ihre Entwicklung und Geschichte" [The fossil reptile order Saurischia, their development and history].
Monographien zur Geologie und Palaeontologie, Serie 1, 4(1-2): 1-361.
• Galton PM and Cluver MA (1976) "
Anchisaurus capensis (Broom) and a revision of the Anchisauridae (Reptilia, Saurischia)".
Annals of the South African Museum. 69(6): 121-159.
• Cooper MR (1981) "The prosauropod dinosaur
Massospondylus carinatus Owen from Zimbabwe: its biology, mode of life and phylogenetic significance".
Occasional Papers of the National Museums and Monuments of Rhodesia, Series B, Natural Sciences, 6(10): 689-840.
• Glut DF (1997) "Aristosaurus". Page 171 in "
Dinosaurs: The Encyclopedia".
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