New material and revision of Melanorosaurus thabanensis, a basal sauropodomorph from the Upper Triassic of Lesotho

摘要: Melanorosaurus is a genus of basal sauropodomorph that currently includes two species from Southern Africa. In this paper, we redescribe the holotype femur thabanensis Elliot Formation Lesotho, as well associated remains. The stratigraphic position taxon reviewed, and it clear comes Lower being, therefore, Late Triassic in age, not Early Jurassic originally described. knowledge anatomy Thabana Morena enhanced by description six new skeletal elements type locality. ilium are diagnostic characterized unusual proportions. first phylogenetic analysis including both specimen conducted. This leads to conclusion described original publication can no longer be referred Melanorosaurus. For these reasons, hereby create Meroktenos gen. nov. encompass comb.