Hortalotarsus, the Glossary
Hortalotarsus (etymology uncertain; probably "tarsus of a young bird"?) is a dubious genus of extinct sauropodomorph from the Early Jurassic (Sinemurian-aged) Clarens Formation of Eagle's Crag, South Africa.[1]
Table of Contents
24 relations: Anchisaurus, Barkly East, Bird, Clarens Formation, Early Jurassic, Extinction, Genus, Gyposaurus, Harry Seeley, Holotype, Macrocollum, Massospondylidae, Massospondylus, PeerJ, Peter Galton, Richard Owen, Robert Broom, Sauropodomorpha, Sinemurian, South Africa, Tarsus (skeleton), The Dinosauria, Thecodontosaurus, Zimbabwe.
- Fossil taxa described in 1894
- Massospondylidae
Anchisaurus
Anchisaurus is a genus of basal sauropodomorph dinosaur.
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Barkly East
Barkly East (Afrikaans: Barkly-Oos) is a town in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, seat of the Joe Gqabi District Municipality, and 117 km by road E.S.E. of Aliwal North, lying in the mountainous area just south of Lesotho.
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Bird
Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves, characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton.
Clarens Formation
The Clarens Formation is a geological formation found in several localities in Lesotho and in the Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, and Eastern Cape provinces in South Africa.
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Early Jurassic
The Early Jurassic Epoch (in chronostratigraphy corresponding to the Lower Jurassic Series) is the earliest of three epochs of the Jurassic Period.
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Extinction
Extinction is the termination of a taxon by the death of its last member.
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Genus
Genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses.
Gyposaurus
Gyposaurus (meaning "vulture lizard", referring to the outdated hypothesis that prosauropods were carnivores) is a genus of basal sauropodomorph dinosaur from the early Jurassic of South Africa.
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Harry Seeley
Harry Govier Seeley (18 February 1839 – 8 January 1909) was a British paleontologist.
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Holotype
A holotype is a single physical example (or illustration) of an organism used when the species (or lower-ranked taxon) was formally described.
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Macrocollum
Macrocollum is a genus of unaysaurid sauropodomorph dinosaur that lived during the Late Triassic period (early Norian) in what is now Brazil.
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Massospondylidae
Massospondylidae is a family of early massopod dinosaurs that existed in Asia, Africa, North America, South America and AntarcticaHellert, Spencer M. "A New Basal Sauropodomorph from The Early Jurassic Hanson Formation of Antarctica." Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs,.
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Massospondylus
Massospondylus (from Greek, μάσσων (massōn, "longer") and σπόνδυλος (spondylos, "vertebra")) was a genus of sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Early Jurassic (Hettangian to Pliensbachian ages, ca. 200–183 million years ago). Hortalotarsus and Massospondylus are Massospondylidae.
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PeerJ
PeerJ is an open access peer-reviewed scientific mega journal covering research in the biological and medical sciences.
Peter Galton
Peter Malcolm Galton (born 14 March 1942 in London) is a British vertebrate paleontologist who has to date written or co-written about 190 papers in scientific journals or chapters in paleontology textbooks, especially on ornithischian and prosauropod dinosaurs.
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Richard Owen
Sir Richard Owen (20 July 1804 – 18 December 1892) was an English biologist, comparative anatomist and palaeontologist.
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Robert Broom
Robert Broom FRS FRSE (30 November 1866 6 April 1951) was a British- South African medical doctor and palaeontologist.
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Sauropodomorpha
Sauropodomorpha (from Greek, meaning "lizard-footed forms") is an extinct clade of long-necked, herbivorous, saurischian dinosaurs that includes the sauropods and their ancestral relatives.
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Sinemurian
In the geologic timescale, the Sinemurian is an age and stage in the Early or Lower Jurassic Epoch or Series.
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South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.
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Tarsus (skeleton)
In the human body, the tarsus (tarsi) is a cluster of seven articulating bones in each foot situated between the lower end of the tibia and the fibula of the lower leg and the metatarsus.
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The Dinosauria
The Dinosauria is an extensive book on dinosaurs, compiled by David B. Weishampel, Peter Dodson, and Halszka Osmólska.
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Thecodontosaurus
Thecodontosaurus ("socket-tooth lizard") is a genus of herbivorous basal sauropodomorph dinosaur that lived during the late Triassic period (Rhaetian age).
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Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe, relief map Zimbabwe, officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia to the north, and Mozambique to the east.
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See also
Fossil taxa described in 1894
- Ancylocoelus
- Asmodeus (mammal)
- Cymatosaurus
- Cyphornis
- Desmatochelys
- Deuterotherium
- Diademodon
- Diaphorocetus
- Douvilleiceras
- Dryosaurus
- Dyrosaurus
- Elomeryx
- Erpetosuchus
- Hortalotarsus
- Krausella
- Liptornis
- Megaladapis
- Mullerornis
- Nanno (cephalopod)
- Nostoceras
- Octodontotherium
- Ornithosuchus
- Orophodon
- Palaeoloxodon recki
- Paraptenodytes robustus
- Parapuzosia
- Peripetoceras
- Proadinotherium
- Prosqualodon
- Ptychotrygon
- Sparassodonta
- Subdromomeryx
- Teleoceras
- Tetramerorhinus
- Thrinaxodon
Massospondylidae
- Adeopapposaurus
- Coloradisaurus
- Glacialisaurus
- Hortalotarsus
- Leyesaurus
- Lufengosaurus
- Massospondylidae
- Massospondylus
- Ngwevu
- Pradhania