Postcranial osteology of the neotype specimen of Massospondylus carinatus Owen, 1854 (Dinosauria: Sauropodomorpha) from the upper Elliot Formation of South Africa

Citation

Barrett, P. M.; Chapelle, K. E. J.; Staunton, C. K.; Botha, J.; Choiniere, J. N. (2019). Postcranial osteology of the neotype specimen of Massospondylus carinatus Owen, 1854 (Dinosauria: Sauropodomorpha) from the upper Elliot Formation of South Africa. Palaeontologia Africana 53: 114-178.

Cited by genera

• Gryponyx

  Notes that earlier synonymy and nomen dubium decisions rested on provenance rather than anatomy.

• Massospondylus

  First full postcranial description of the neotype BP/1/4934 and an emended diagnosis of the species; confirms by osteohistology that the neotype is an adult.

Cited by clades

• Massospondylidae

  Redescribed the Massospondylus neotype, tracing the family's definition to Sereno (1998) as amended and noting that most analyses recover it with a variable membership.