Hortalotarsus Temporal range: Early Jurassic,
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Preserved portion of the holotype drawn before being partially destroyed by blasting | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
Clade: | †Bagualosauria |
Clade: | †Plateosauria |
Clade: | †Massopoda |
Family: | †Massospondylidae |
Genus: | †Hortalotarsus Seeley, 1894 |
Type species | |
†Hortalotarsus skirtopodus Seeley, 1894
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Hortalotarsus (etymology uncertain; probably "tarsus of a young bird"?[1]) is a dubious genus of extinct sauropodomorph from the Early Jurassic (Sinemurian-aged) Clarens Formation of Eagle's Crag, South Africa.[2][3]