Skull elements, mandibular elements, cervical, dorsal, sacral and caudal vertebrae, cervical ribs, dorsal ribs, gastralia, chevrons, pectoral girdle elements, pelvic girdle elements and bones of both the fore- and hind limbs, manus and pes.
Genus: Aardonyx YATES, BONNAN, NEVELING, CHINSAMY & BLACKBEARD,
2010
Etymology: Afrikaans, aard, "Earth," and Greek, onyx, "claw."
Gender is masculine.The genus names referes to the thick hematite encrustation
of many of the bones, particulary the ungual phalanges, in the type quarry.
Species: celestae YATES, BONNAN, NEVELING, CHINSAMY & BLACKBEARD,
2010
Etymology: In honor of Celeste Yates who prepared many of the
bones.
Holotype: BP/1/6254
Locality: Marc's Quarry (MQ) bone bed, farm Spion Kop 932, Senekal District, Free State, South Africa.
Horizon: Upper Elliot Formation, Stormberg Group.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Hettangian-Lower Sinemurian Stage, Lower Lias Epoch, Early Jurassic.
Material: Rostral half of a left maxilla.
Referred material:
Skull elements, mandibular elements, cervical, dorsal, sacral and caudal vertebrae, cervical ribs, dorsal ribs, gastralia, chevrons, pectoral girdle elements, pelvic girdle elements and bones of both the fore- and hind limbs, manus and pes.