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Dinosaurs of South Africa

Currently, our archive includes 22 dinosaurs from South Africa

Name Coined Type Period Family
AARDONYX 2010 Sauropodomorpha Early Jurassic Anchisauria
ABRICTOSAURUS 1975 Ornithopoda Early Jurassic Heterodontosauridae
AETONYX 1911 Sauropodomorpha Early Jurassic Massospondylidae
ALGOASAURUS 1904 Sauropoda Early Cretaceous Eusauropoda
ALIWALIA 1985 Sauropodomorpha Triassic N/A
ANTETONITRUS 2003 Sauropoda Triassic Sauropoda
ARCUSAURUS 2011 Sauropodomorpha Early Jurassic Sauropodomorpha
BLIKANASAURUS 1985 Sauropodomorpha Triassic Blikanasauridae
DRACOVENATOR 2006 Theropoda Early Jurassic Dilophosauridae
EOCURSOR 2008 Ornithischia Early Jurassic Ornithischia
EUCNEMESAURUS 1920 Sauropodomorpha Triassic Riojasauridae
EUSKELOSAURUS 1866 Sauropodomorpha Triassic Sauropodomorpha
HETERODONTOSAURUS 1962 Ornithischia Early Jurassic Heterodontosauridae
IYUKU 2022 Ornithopoda Early Cretaceous Iguanodontia
LEDUMAHADI 2018 Sauropodomorpha Early Jurassic Sauropodomorpha
LYCORHINUS 1924 Ornithopoda Early Jurassic Heterodontosauridae
MASSOSPONDYLUS 1854 Sauropodomorpha Early Jurassic Massospondylidae
MELANOROSAURUS 1924 Sauropodomorpha Triassic Melanorosauridae
NYASASAURUS 2013 Non-Dinosaurian Triassic Dinosauriformes
PEGOMASTAX 2012 Ornithischia Early Jurassic Heterodontosauridae
PULANESAURA 2015 Sauropoda Early Jurassic Sauropoda
SEFAPANOSAURUS 2015 Sauropodomorpha Early Jurassic Anchisauria
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References
• Maier G (2003) "African Dinosaurs Unearthed: the Tendaguru Expeditions".
• Chinsamy-Turan A (2022) "Dinosaurs of Africa".
• Ijouiher J (2022) "The Desert Bones: The Paleontology and Paleoecology of Mid-Cretaceous North Africa".
• Jacobs L (2000) "Quest for the African Dinosaurs: Ancient Roots of the Modern World".
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