- Stormbergia
Taxobox
name = "Stormbergia"
fossil_range =Early Jurassic
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
superordo =Dinosaur ia
ordo =Ornithischia
unranked_familia =
genus = "Stormbergia"
genus_authority = Butler, 2005
subdivision_ranks =Species
subdivision =
*"S. dangershoeki" Butler, 2005 (type)"Stormbergia" is a
genus of earlyornithischia ndinosaur known from the upper Elliot Formation (EarlyJurassic :Hettangian -Sinemurian ) ofSouth Africa andLesotho , named by Richard Butler in 2005. The generic name is based upon the 'Stormberg Series' of rocks in southern Africa, which includes the Clarens, Elliot and Molteno Formations, and has yielded substantial information on early dinosaur evolution. Only one species, "S. dangershoeki", has been named. The specific name is based upon the location (Dangerhoek Farm) in South Africa at which theholotype specimen was found. The holotype and referred specimens of "Stormbergia" had been mentioned in the scientific literature as a 'large fabrosaurid' for at least 20 years prior to description. Onlypostcrania l material of "Stormbergia" is currently known, and details of the postcranial anatomy suggest that this dinosaur was a basal member of the cladeGenasauria , although the relationships of early ornithischian dinosaurs are currently in a state of flux.References
* R. J. Butler. 2005. The 'fabrosaurid' ornithischian dinosaurs of the Upper Elliot Formation (Lower Jurassic) of South Africa and Lesotho. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 145(2):175-218
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