Blikanasaurus

Taxobox|
name = "Blinkanasaurus"
fossil_range=Late Triassic
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
superordo = Dinosauria
ordo = Saurischia
subordo = Sauropodomorpha
infraordo = Sauropoda?
genus = "Blikanasaurus"
species = "B. cromptoni"
binomial = "Blikanasaurus cromptoni"
binomial_authority = 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.

External links

* [http://www.dinoruss.com/de_4/5a6bd1d.htm "Blikanasaurus" from the Dinosaur Encyclopedia] , at DinoRuss' Lair