Antetonitrus
Field photograph to come
Antetonitrus
DV-0507 · type species Antetonitrus ingenipes
- Lived
- 201 to 193 million years ago, Early Jurassic
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods, Lessemsauridae
- Found in
- South Africa
- Named by
- Yates and Kitching 2003
Field notes
About Antetonitrus
Antetonitrus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Early Jurassic, 201 to 193 million years ago. It belongs to the family Lessemsauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Antetonitrus, from South Africa. Its fossils come from the Elliot Formation. It was named by Yates and Kitching in 2003.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
195 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Lessemsauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: A. M. Yates and J. W. Kitching. 2003. The earliest known sauropod dinosaur and the first steps towards sauropod locomotion. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 270(1525):1753-1758