Blikanasauridae

Blikanasauridae; Temporal range: Late Triassic, 210 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sauropsida
Superorder:	Dinosauria
Order:	†Saurischia
Suborder:	†Sauropodomorpha
Infraorder:	†Sauropoda
Family:	†Blikanasauridae; Galton & van Heerden, 1985
Genera
	†Blikanasaurus Galton & van Heerden, 1985;

Blikanasauridae is a monotypic group of early sauropodomorph dinosaurs. The clade was first proposed by Galton and van Heerden in 1985.^[1] The family consists of Blikanasaurus and its nearest relatives.^[1]^[2] However, it is not clear which other genera are included in the family. The family is not used in many current taxonomies; Benton (2004) and Fabien (2004) do not list the clade in their reviews of Dinosauria.^[3] The blikanasaurids were once considered prosauropods, but new research indicates they may in fact have been basal sauropods.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b Galton, Peter M.; Van Heerden, Jacques (1985). "Partial hindlimb of Blikanasaurus cromptoni n. gen. And n. Sp.,representing a new family of prosauropod dinosaurs from the upper triassic of South Africa". Geobios. 18 (4): 509–516. doi:10.1016/S0016-6995(85)80003-6.
^ Charig, A. J.; Attridge, J.; Crompton, A. W. (1965). "On the origin of the sauropods and the classification of the Saurischia". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. 176 (2): 197–221. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.1965.tb00944.x.
^ Knoll, Fabien (2004). "Review of the tetrapod fauna of the 'Lower Stormberg Group' of the main Karoo Basin (southern Africa) : Implication for the age of the Lower Elliot Formation". Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France. 175: 73–83. doi:10.2113/175.1.73.
^ Blikanasauridae at the Paleobiology Database

[Galton1985-1] Galton, Peter M.; Van Heerden, Jacques (1985). "Partial hindlimb of Blikanasaurus cromptoni n. gen. And n. Sp.,representing a new family of prosauropod dinosaurs from the upper triassic of South Africa". Geobios. 18 (4): 509–516. doi:10.1016/S0016-6995(85)80003-6.

[2] Charig, A. J.; Attridge, J.; Crompton, A. W. (1965). "On the origin of the sauropods and the classification of the Saurischia". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. 176 (2): 197–221. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.1965.tb00944.x.

[3] Knoll, Fabien (2004). "Review of the tetrapod fauna of the 'Lower Stormberg Group' of the main Karoo Basin (southern Africa) : Implication for the age of the Lower Elliot Formation". Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France. 175: 73–83. doi:10.2113/175.1.73.

[4] Blikanasauridae at the Paleobiology Database

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