Genus: Pulanesaura McPHEE, BONNAN, YATES, NEVELING, & CHOINIERE, 2015
Etymology: Sesotho, pulane, "rain-maker/bringer"; in reference to the
rain-soaded conditions uncer which the dinosaur was excavated, and Latin,
-saura, "lizard", feminine ending.
Species: eocollum McPHEE,
BONNAN, YATES, NEVELING, & CHOINIERE, 2015
Etymology: Greek, eo, "dawn" and Latin, collum, "neck"; in reference to the hypothesized function of the neck presaggin the suaropod condition in the new
taxon.
Holotype: BP/1/6882
Locality: Farm Spion Kop 932, Senekal District, Free State, South Africa.
Horizon: Upper Elliot Formation.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Late Hettangian-Senemurian Stage, Lower Lias Epoch, Earlist Jurassic.
Material: Neural arch of an anterior dorsal vertebra.
Referred material:
BP/1/6183: Anterior mid-dorsal neural arch.
BP/1/6186: Left pedal ungual I.
BP/1/6193: Right humerus.
BP/1/6199: Anterior-to-middle cervical vertebra.
BP/1/6200: Left tibia.
BP/1/6204: Tooth.
BP/1/6210: Left ulna.
BP/1/6646: Anterior caudla vertebra.
BP/1/6752: ?Left scapula.
BP/1/6984: Anterior dorsal neural arch.
BP/1/7366: Right ischium.