Likhoelesaurus

"Likhoelesaurus" (meaning "Li Khole lizard") is the name given to an as yet undescribed genus of dinosaur (or rauisuchian [1]) from the Late Triassic of what is now South Africa.

The name was coined by Ellenberger in 1972 (or 1970 [2]), and the "type species" is "Likhoelesaurus ingens". It is named after the town where the fossils were found. The only fossils recovered have been teeth, from the late Carnian-early Norian-age Lower Elliot Formation.[3] If it were a dinosaur, it would have been a theropod.

References

  1. ↑ http://dml.cmnh.org/2000Sep/msg00035.html
  2. ↑ http://www.polychora.com/dinolist.html#L
  3. ↑ http://dml.cmnh.org/2000Sep/msg00076.html


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