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Massospondylus
= Aetonyx (Broom,1911) Aristosaurus
(Hoepen,1920) Dromicosaurus
(Hoepen,1920) Gryponyx
(Broom,1911) Gyposaurus
(Broom,1911) Massospondylus
> M.carinatus
(Owen,1854)
>> Aetonyx
palustris (Broom,1911) Anchisaurus
capansis (Galton,1976) =
Gyposaurus
capensis (Broom,1911) Aristosaurus
erectus (Hoepen,1920) Dromicosaurus
gracilis (Hoepen,1920) Gryponyx
africanus (Broom,1911) Gryponyx
taylori (Haughton,1924) Massospondylus
browni (Seeley,1895) Massospondylus
harriesi (Broom,1911) Massospondylus
schwarzi (Haughton,1924) Thecondontosaurus
browni (Huene,1932) Thecondontosaurus
dubius (Haughton,1924),
Thecodontosaurus
skirtopodus Massospondylus
> Massospondylus
sp. (Attridge,1985)
Aetonyx palustris ("Eagle claw") is based on the smallest of
three dinosaurian type specimens collected by A. R. Walker from J.
L. Harries's farm in the Orange Free State, (the other two were the
types of Massospondylus
harriesi and Gryponyx
africanus). They were actually three specimens of different
sizes belonging to the same prosauropod species, Massospondylus
carinatus. A.
palustris type specimen was about two-thirds adult size.
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