Sefapanosaurus

DV-0935 · type species Sefapanosaurus zastronensis

Lived: 227 to 200 million years ago, Late Triassic to Early Jurassic
Group: Early sauropodomorphs
Found in: South Africa
Named by: Otero et al. 2015

Field notes

About Sefapanosaurus

Sefapanosaurus was an early sauropodomorph that lived in the Late Triassic to Early Jurassic, 227 to 200 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Sefapanosaurus, from South Africa. Its fossils come from the Elliot Formation. It was named by Otero et al. in 2015.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

210 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Sauropodiformes.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: A. Otero, E. Krupandan, and D. Pol, A. Chinsamy, J. Choiniere. 2015. A new basal sauropodiform from South Africa and the phylogenetic relationships of basal sauropodomorphs. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 174:589-634