SOUTH AFRICA
FREE STATE (ORANGE FREE STATE) PROVINCE
BETHLEHEM DISTRICT
BOSHOEK
MIDDLE ELLIOT FORMATION
HETTANGIAN-LOWER SINEMURIAN STAGE
LOWER LIAS EPOCH
EARLY JURASSIC
STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930
SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866
CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768
SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1903
SUPERLEGION: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985
LEGION: ARCHOSAUROMORPHA HUENE, 1946
SUBLEGION: DINOSAUROMORPHA BENTON & NORMAN IN BENTON, 1985
INFRALEGION: DINOSAURIFORMES NOVAS, 1992
SUPERCOHORT: DINOSAURIA OWEN, 1842
COHORT: ORNITHISCHIFORMES COOPER, 1985
SUPERORDER: SAUROPODOMORPHA HUENE, 1932
ORDER: PROSAUROPODA HUENE, 1920 (emend)
SUBORDER: PLATEOSAURIA TORNIER, 1913
Family: MASSOSPONDYLIDAE Huene, 1914
Massospondylus sp
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SOUTH AFRICA
FREE (ORANGE FREE) STATE PROVINCE
BETHLEHEM DISTRICT
BOSHOEK
ELLIOT FORMATION
HETTANGIAN-LOWER SINEMURIAN STAGE
LOWER LIAS EPOCH
EARLY JURASSIC
STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930
SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866
CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768
SUBCLASS: SYNAPSIDA OSBORN, 1903
SUPERORDER: THERASPIDA BROOM, 1905
GRANDORDER: EUTHERAPSIDA
MICRORDER: NEOTHERAPSIDA
ORDER: THERIODONTIA OWEN, 1881
EUTHERIODONTIA
SUBORDER: CYNODONTIA OWEN, 1860
EPICYNODONTIA HOPSON & KITCHING, 2001
INFRAORDER: EUCYNODONTIA
MAMMALIAMORPHA ROWE, 1988
Superfamily: TRITYLODONTIA Cope, 1884 (sensu Kuhne, 1943)
Family: TRITYLODONTIDAE Cope, 1884
Tritylodon sp
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SOUTH AFRICA
FREE (ORANGE FREE) STATE PROVINCE
BETHELHEM DISTRICT
FARM BOSHOCK
UPPER ELLIOT FORMATION
HETTANGIAN-LOWER SINEMURIAN STAGE
LOWER LIAS EPOCH
EARLY JURASSIC
STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930
SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866
CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768
SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1903
SUPERLEGION: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985
LEGION: ARCHOSAUROMORPHA HUENE, 1946
SUPERCOHORT: CRUROTARSI SERENO & ARCUCCI, 1990
COHORT: CROCODYLOTARSI BENTON & CLARK, 1988
MAGNORDER: SUCHIA KREBS, 1974
SUPERORDER: CROCODYLOMORPHA WALKER, 1968
GRANDORDER: CROCODILIFORMES HAY, 1930
ORDER: PROTOSUCHIA emend MOOK, 1934
Superfamily: PROTOSUCHOIDEA Brown, 1933 (sensu Deraniyagala, 1939)
Family: PROTOSUCHIDAE Brown, 1933
Protosuchus haughtoni
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SOUTH AFRICA
FREE (ORANGE FREE) STATE PROVINCE
BETHLEHEM DISTRICT
NOUPOORTSNEK
UPPER ELLIOT FORMATION
HETTANGIAN-LOWER SINEMURIAN STAGE
LOWER LIAS EPOCH
EARLY JURASSIC
STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930
SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866
CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768
SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1903
SUPERLEGION: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985
LEGION: ARCHOSAUROMORPHA HUENE, 1946
SUPERCOHORT: CRUROTARSI SERENO & ARCUCCI, 1990
COHORT: CROCODYLOTARSI BENTON & CLARK, 1988
MAGNORDER: SUCHIA KREBS, 1974
SUPERORDER: CROCODYLOMORPHA WALKER, 1968
GRANDORDER: CROCODILIFORMES HAY, 1930
ORDER: PROTOSUCHIA emend MOOK, 1934
Superfamily: PROTOSUCHOIDEA Brown, 1933 (sensu Deraniyagala, 1939)
Family: PROTOSUCHIDAE Brown, 1933
Erythrochampsa longipes
= Notochampsa longipes
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SOUTH AFRICA
FREE (ORANGE FREE) STATE PROVINCE
BETHLEHEM DISTRICT
VALLOMBROSA
ELLIOT FORMATION
HETTANGIAN-LOWER SINEMURIAN STAGE
LOWER LIAS EPOCH
EARLY JURASSIC
STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930
SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866
CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768
SUBCLASS: SYNAPSIDA OSBORN, 1903
SUPERORDER: THERASPIDA BROOM, 1905
GRANDORDER: EUTHERAPSIDA
MICRORDER: NEOTHERAPSIDA
ORDER: THERIODONTIA OWEN, 1881
EUTHERIODONTIA
SUBORDER: CYNODONTIA OWEN, 1860
EPICYNODONTIA HOPSON & KITCHING, 2001
INFRAORDER: EUCYNODONTIA
MAMMALIAMORPHA ROWE, 1988
Superfamily: TRITYLODONTIA Cope, 1884 (sensu Kuhne, 1943)
Family: TRITYLODONTIDAE Cope, 1884
Tritylodon sp
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SOUTH AFRICA
FREE STATE (ORANGE FREE STATE) PROVINCE
BETHLEHEM DISTRICT
VALLONIBROSA
UPPER ELLIOT FORMATION
HETTANGIAN-LOWER SINEMURIAN STAGE
LOWER LIAS EPOCH
EARLY JURASSIC
STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930
SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866
CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768
SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1903
SUPERLEGION: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985
LEGION: ARCHOSAUROMORPHA HUENE, 1946
SUBLEGION: DINOSAUROMORPHA BENTON & NORMAN IN BENTON, 1985
INFRALEGION: DINOSAURIFORMES NOVAS, 1992
SUPERCOHORT: DINOSAURIA OWEN, 1842
COHORT: ORNITHISCHIFORMES COOPER, 1985
SUPERORDER: SAUROPODOMORPHA HUENE, 1932
ORDER: PROSAUROPODA HUENE, 1920 (emend)
SUBORDER: PLATEOSAURIA TORNIER, 1913
Family: MASSOSPONDYLIDAE Huene, 1914
Massospondylus sp
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SOUTH AFRICA
FREE STATE (ORANGE FREE STATE) PROVINCE
BETHLEHEM DISTRICT
BRAMLEVSOHEK
UPPER ELLIOT FORMATION
HETTANGIAN-LOWER SINEMURIAN STAGE
LOWER LIAS EPOCH
EARLY JURASSIC
STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930
SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866
CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768
SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1903
SUPERLEGION: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985
LEGION: ARCHOSAUROMORPHA HUENE, 1946
SUBLEGION: DINOSAUROMORPHA BENTON & NORMAN IN BENTON, 1985
INFRALEGION: DINOSAURIFORMES NOVAS, 1992
SUPERCOHORT: DINOSAURIA OWEN, 1842
COHORT: ORNITHISCHIFORMES COOPER, 1985
SUPERORDER: SAUROPODOMORPHA HUENE, 1932
ORDER: PROSAUROPODA HUENE, 1920 (emend)
SUBORDER: PLATEOSAURIA TORNIER, 1913
Family: MASSOSPONDYLIDAE Huene, 1914
Massospondylus sp
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SOUTH AFRICA
FREE STATE (ORANGE FREE STATE) PROVINCE
BETHLEHEM DISTRICT
CORNELIA
MIDDLE ELLIOT FORMATION
HETTANGIAN-LOWER SINEMURIAN STAGE
LOWER LIAS EPOCH
EARLY JURASSIC
STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930
SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866
CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768
SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1903
SUPERLEGION: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985
LEGION: ARCHOSAUROMORPHA HUENE, 1946
SUBLEGION: DINOSAUROMORPHA BENTON & NORMAN IN BENTON, 1985
INFRALEGION: DINOSAURIFORMES NOVAS, 1992
SUPERCOHORT: DINOSAURIA OWEN, 1842
COHORT: ORNITHISCHIFORMES COOPER, 1985
SUPERORDER: SAUROPODOMORPHA HUENE, 1932
ORDER: PROSAUROPODA HUENE, 1920 (emend)
SUBORDER: PLATEOSAURIA TORNIER, 1913
Family: MASSOSPONDYLIDAE Huene, 1914
Massospondylus sp
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SOUTH AFRICA
FREE STATE (ORANGE FREE STATE) PROVINCE
BETHLEHEM DISTRICT
CLARENS TOWNLANDS
UPPER ELLIOT FORMATION
HETTANGIAN-LOWER SINEMURIAN STAGE
LOWER LIAS EPOCH
EARLY JURASSIC
STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930
SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866
CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768
SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1903
SUPERLEGION: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985
LEGION: ARCHOSAUROMORPHA HUENE, 1946
SUBLEGION: DINOSAUROMORPHA BENTON & NORMAN IN BENTON, 1985
INFRALEGION: DINOSAURIFORMES NOVAS, 1992
SUPERCOHORT: DINOSAURIA OWEN, 1842
COHORT: ORNITHISCHIFORMES COOPER, 1985
SUPERORDER: SAUROPODOMORPHA HUENE, 1932
ORDER: PROSAUROPODA HUENE, 1920 (emend)
SUBORDER: PLATEOSAURIA TORNIER, 1913
Family: MASSOSPONDYLIDAE Huene, 1914
Massospondylus sp
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SOUTH AFRICA
FREE STATE (ORANGE FREE STATE) PROVINCE
BETHLEHEM DISTRICT
ELIM
MIDDLE ELLIOT FORMATION
HETTANGIAN-LOWER SINEMURIAN STAGE
LOWER LIAS EPOCH
EARLY JURASSIC
STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930
SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866
CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768
SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1903
SUPERLEGION: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985
LEGION: ARCHOSAUROMORPHA HUENE, 1946
SUBLEGION: DINOSAUROMORPHA BENTON & NORMAN IN BENTON, 1985
INFRALEGION: DINOSAURIFORMES NOVAS, 1992
SUPERCOHORT: DINOSAURIA OWEN, 1842
COHORT: ORNITHISCHIFORMES COOPER, 1985
SUPERORDER: SAUROPODOMORPHA HUENE, 1932
ORDER: PROSAUROPODA HUENE, 1920 (emend)
SUBORDER: PLATEOSAURIA TORNIER, 1913
Family: MASSOSPONDYLIDAE Huene, 1914
Massospondylus sp
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SOUTH AFRICA
FREE STATE (ORANGE FREE STATE) PROVINCE
BETHLEHEM DISTRICT
ELIM
MIDDLE ELLIOT FORMATION
HETTANGIAN-LOWER SINEMURIAN STAGE
LOWER LIAS EPOCH
EARLY JURASSIC
STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930
SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866
CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768
SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1903
SUPERLEGION: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985
LEGION: ARCHOSAUROMORPHA HUENE, 1946
SUBLEGION: DINOSAUROMORPHA BENTON & NORMAN IN BENTON, 1985
INFRALEGION: DINOSAURIFORMES NOVAS, 1992
SUPERCOHORT: DINOSAURIA OWEN, 1842
COHORT: ORNITHISCHIFORMES COOPER, 1985
SUPERORDER: SAUROPODOMORPHA HUENE, 1932
ORDER: PROSAUROPODA HUENE, 1920 (emend)
SUBORDER: PLATEOSAURIA TORNIER, 1913
Family: MASSOSPONDYLIDAE Huene, 1914
Massospondylus sp
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SOUTH AFRICA
FREE STATE (ORANGE FREE STATE) PROVINCE
BETHLEHEM DISTRICT
GLEN REENEN
UPPER ELLIOT FORMATION
HETTANGIAN-LOWER SINEMURIAN STAGE
LOWER LIAS EPOCH
EARLY JURASSIC
STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930
SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866
CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768
SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1903
SUPERLEGION: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985
LEGION: ARCHOSAUROMORPHA HUENE, 1946
SUBLEGION: DINOSAUROMORPHA BENTON & NORMAN IN BENTON, 1985
INFRALEGION: DINOSAURIFORMES NOVAS, 1992
SUPERCOHORT: DINOSAURIA OWEN, 1842
COHORT: ORNITHISCHIFORMES COOPER, 1985
SUPERORDER: SAUROPODOMORPHA HUENE, 1932
ORDER: PROSAUROPODA HUENE, 1920 (emend)
SUBORDER: PLATEOSAURIA TORNIER, 1913
Family: MASSOSPONDYLIDAE Huene, 1914
Massospondylus sp
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SOUTH AFRICA
FREE (ORANGE FREE) STATE PROVINCE
BETHLEHEM DISTRICT
GLEN REENEN
ELLIOT FORMATION
HETTANGIAN-LOWER SINEMURIAN STAGE
LOWER LIAS EPOCH
EARLY JURASSIC
STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930
SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866
CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768
SUBCLASS: SYNAPSIDA OSBORN, 1903
SUPERORDER: THERASPIDA BROOM, 1905
GRANDORDER: EUTHERAPSIDA
MICRORDER: NEOTHERAPSIDA
ORDER: THERIODONTIA OWEN, 1881
EUTHERIODONTIA
SUBORDER: CYNODONTIA OWEN, 1860
EPICYNODONTIA HOPSON & KITCHING, 2001
INFRAORDER: EUCYNODONTIA
MAMMALIAMORPHA ROWE, 1988
Superfamily: CHINQUODONTOIDEA Huene, 1936
Family: TRITHELEDONTIDAE Broom, 1912
Pachygenelus sp
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SOUTH AFRICA
FREE (ORANGE FREE) STATE PROVINCE
JORDANNRIVIER
BETHLEHEM DISTRICT
ELLIOT FORMATION
HETTANGIAN-LOWER SINEMURIAN STAGE
LOWER LIAS EPOCH
EARLY JURASSIC
STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930
SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866
CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768
SUBCLASS: SYNAPSIDA OSBORN, 1903
SUPERORDER: THERASPIDA BROOM, 1905
GRANDORDER: EUTHERAPSIDA
MICRORDER: NEOTHERAPSIDA
ORDER: THERIODONTIA OWEN, 1881
EUTHERIODONTIA
SUBORDER: CYNODONTIA OWEN, 1860
EPICYNODONTIA HOPSON & KITCHING, 2001
INFRAORDER: EUCYNODONTIA
MAMMALIAMORPHA ROWE, 1988
Superfamily: TRITYLODONTIA Cope, 1884 (sensu Kuhne, 1943)
Family: TRITYLODONTIDAE Cope, 1884
Tritylodon longaevus
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SOUTH AFRICA
FREE STATE (ORANGE FREE STATE) PROVINCE
BETHLEHEM DISTRICT
LETSOANASTAD
ST. FORT FARM
UPPER ELLIOT FORMATION
HETTANGIAN-LOWER SINEMURIAN STAGE
LOWER LIAS EPOCH
EARLY JURASSIC
STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930
SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866
CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768
SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1903
SUPERLEGION: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985
LEGION: ARCHOSAUROMORPHA HUENE, 1946
SUBLEGION: DINOSAUROMORPHA BENTON & NORMAN IN BENTON, 1985
INFRALEGION: DINOSAURIFORMES NOVAS, 1992
SUPERCOHORT: DINOSAURIA OWEN, 1842
COHORT: ORNITHISCHIFORMES COOPER, 1985
SUPERORDER: SAUROPODOMORPHA HUENE, 1932
ORDER: PROSAUROPODA HUENE, 1920 (emend)
SUBORDER: PLATEOSAURIA TORNIER, 1913
Family: MASSOSPONDYLIDAE Huene, 1914
Massospondylus carinatus
= Massospondylus browni
= Thecodontosaurus browni
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SOUTH AFRICA
FREE STATE (ORANGE FREE STATE) PROVINCE
BETHLEHEM DISTRICT
ROOIDRAAI/BUCK CAMP
UPPER ELLIOT FORMATION
HETTANGIAN-LOWER SINEMURIAN STAGE
LOWER LIAS EPOCH
EARLY JURASSIC
STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930
SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866
CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768
SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1903
SUPERLEGION: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985
LEGION: ARCHOSAUROMORPHA HUENE, 1946
SUBLEGION: DINOSAUROMORPHA BENTON & NORMAN IN BENTON, 1985
INFRALEGION: DINOSAURIFORMES NOVAS, 1992
SUPERCOHORT: DINOSAURIA OWEN, 1842
COHORT: ORNITHISCHIFORMES COOPER, 1985
SUPERORDER: SAUROPODOMORPHA HUENE, 1932
ORDER: PROSAUROPODA HUENE, 1920 (emend)
SUBORDER: PLATEOSAURIA TORNIER, 1913
Family: MASSOSPONDYLIDAE Huene, 1914
Massospondylus sp
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SOUTH AFRICA
BETHLEHEM DISTRICT
SUNNYSIDE
MIDDLE ELLIOT FORMATION
HETTANGIAN-LOWER SINEMURIAN STAGE
LOWER LIAS EPOCH
EARLY JURASSIC
STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930
SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866
CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768
SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1903
SUPERLEGION: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985
LEGION: ARCHOSAUROMORPHA HUENE, 1946
SUBLEGION: DINOSAUROMORPHA BENTON & NORMAN IN BENTON, 1985
INFRALEGION: DINOSAURIFORMES NOVAS, 1992
SUPERCOHORT: DINOSAURIA OWEN, 1842
COHORT: ORNITHISCHIFORMES COOPER, 1985
SUPERORDER: SAUROPODOMORPHA HUENE, 1932
ORDER: PROSAUROPODA HUENE, 1920 (emend)
SUBORDER: PLATEOSAURIA TORNIER, 1913
Family: MASSOSPONDYLIDAE Huene, 1914
Massospondylus sp
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SOUTH AFRICA
FREE STATE (ORANGE FREE STATE) PROVINCE
BETHLEHEM DISTRICT
TEVREDE
LOWER CLARENS FORMATION
LATE TRIASSIC
STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930
SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866
CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768
SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1903
SUPERLEGION: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985
LEGION: ARCHOSAUROMORPHA HUENE, 1946
SUBLEGION: DINOSAUROMORPHA BENTON & NORMAN IN BENTON, 1985
INFRALEGION: DINOSAURIFORMES NOVAS, 1992
SUPERCOHORT: DINOSAURIA OWEN, 1842
COHORT: ORNITHISCHIFORMES COOPER, 1985
SUPERORDER: SAUROPODOMORPHA HUENE, 1932
ORDER: PROSAUROPODA HUENE, 1920 (emend)
SUBORDER: PLATEOSAURIA TORNIER, 1913
Family: MASSOSPONDYLIDAE Huene, 1914
Massospondylus sp
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SOUTH AFRICA
FREE STATE (ORANGE FREE STATE) PROVINCE
BETHLEHEM DISTRICT
VALLONIBROSA
MIDDLE ELLIOT FORMATION
HETTANGIAN-LOWER SINEMURIAN STAGE
LOWER LIAS EPOCH
EARLY JURASSIC
STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930
SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866
CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768
SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1903
SUPERLEGION: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985
LEGION: ARCHOSAUROMORPHA HUENE, 1946
SUBLEGION: DINOSAUROMORPHA BENTON & NORMAN IN BENTON, 1985
INFRALEGION: DINOSAURIFORMES NOVAS, 1992
SUPERCOHORT: DINOSAURIA OWEN, 1842
COHORT: ORNITHISCHIFORMES COOPER, 1985
SUPERORDER: SAUROPODOMORPHA HUENE, 1932
ORDER: PROSAUROPODA HUENE, 1920 (emend)
SUBORDER: PLATEOSAURIA TORNIER, 1913
Family: MASSOSPONDYLIDAE Huene, 1914
Massospondylus sp
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