Lessemsauridae

Lessemsaurids
Temporal range:
Late Triassic-Early Jurassic, 215–190 Ma
Skeletal mount of Lessemsaurus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Sauropodomorpha
Clade: Sauropoda
Clade: Lessemsauridae
Apaldetti et al., 2018
Genera

Lessemsauridae is a clade of early sauropod dinosaurs that lived in the Triassic and Jurassic of Argentina and South Africa.

The phylogenetic analysis performed by Apaldetti and colleagues is shown below:[1]

Sauropodiformes

Mussaurus




Aardonyx



Sefapanosaurus




Melanorosauridae

Camelotia



Melanorosaurus





Sauropoda

Lessemsauridae

Antetonitrus




Ingentia



Lessemsaurus







Blikanasaurus




Gongxianosaurus




Pulanesaura



Gravisauria










  1. Apaldetti, Cecilia; Martínez, Ricardo N.; Cerda, Ignatio A.; Pol, Diego; Alcober, Oscar (2018). "An early trend towards gigantism in Triassic sauropodomorph dinosaurs". Nature Ecology & Evolution. 2 (8): 1227–1232. doi:10.1038/s41559-018-0599-y. hdl:11336/89332. PMID 29988169. S2CID 49669597.

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