Genus: Magapnosaurus IVIE, SLIPINSKI & WEGRZYNOWICZ, 2001
Etymology: Greek, megas, ‘big’, Greek, apnoos, ‘dead’,
and Greek, sauros, ‘lizard’: Big dead lizard, this moniker seems
highly appropriate for this animal.
= Syntarsus RAATH, 1969 non FAIRMAIRE, 1869
Etymology: Greek syn. ‘With, together’ and Greek tarsos “tarsus”,
for the coossified construction of its’ tarsal foot bones.
Species: rhodesiensis (RAATH, 1969) IVIE, SLIPINSKI & WEGRZYNOWICZ,
2001
Etymology: For the country of Rhodesia, Old name for Zimbabwe.
Holotype: Queen Victoria Museum QG 1
Locality: Found on a small stream, the Kwengula River, on Southcote Farm, which lies 20 miles N. W. Bulawayo, 19'58"S, 28'35"N, Nyamandhlovu district, Zimbabwe.
Horizon: Forest Sandstone.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: ?Hettangian-Sinemurian Stage, Lower-Middle Lias Epoch, Early Jurassic.
Referred material:
NESBITT, TURNER, SPAULDING, CONRAD & NORELL, 2009
QG 193 (CT6/EIII), QG 193 (CT6/E), QG 244 (CT6/F), QG 244 (CT6/G): 5 Furculae.