Massospondylus carinatus
Massospondylus carinatus
Description
Massospondylus carinatus is shown from a vetted PBDB fossil occurrence in Elliot, South Africa. The occurrence is dated to the Hettangian to Sinemurian interval (201.4-192.9 Ma), with locality evidence recorded as Golden Gate Highlands National Park, South Africa.
Habitat
Fossil Distribution
Massospondylus was a herbivore. It lived in the Jurassic period and inhabited Africa. Its fossils have been found in places such as Lesotho, Central District (Botswana) and Matabeleland North (Zimbabwe).
Taxonomy
Fun Facts
Massospondylus carinatus is mapped from PBDB occurrence occ:150174 in Elliot, South Africa; interval Hettangian to Sinemurian (201.4-192.9 Ma).
PBDB interval: Hettangian to Sinemurian (201.4-192.9 Ma).
Fossil occurrence locality: Golden Gate Highlands National Park, South Africa.
Formation/group: Elliot.
PBDB ecology: diet Not listed in PBDB, habit terrestrial.