Blikanasaurus
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| Blinkanasaurus Temporal range: Late Triassic | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Sauropsida |
| Superorder: | Dinosauria |
| Order: | Saurischia |
| Suborder: | Sauropodomorpha |
| Infraorder: | Sauropoda? |
| Family: | Blikanasauridae |
| Genus: | Blikanasaurus |
| Species: | B. cromptoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Blikanasaurus cromptoni Galton & van Heerden, 1985 | |
Blikanasaurus (meaning "Blikana lizard") was a genus of sauropodomorph dinosaur found in Lower Elliot Formation rocks from the Late Triassic in what is now South Africa's Cape Province. Known from a left lower limb only, it has been variously classified as a prosauropod or basal sauropod. The type species, Blikanasaurus cromptoni, was first described by Galton and van Heerden in 1985. It is the type genus of the Family Blikanasauridae.
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