Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum . /?) Massospondylus browni Seeley, 18956: 118, figs 13-14. Thecodontosaurus browni Huene, 1906: 141, pi. 12 (figs 7-8); 1932: 118. Broom, 1911: , 1924: 370. Type Limb bones (BMNH R3302) from the Red Beds, Stormberg Series of TelleRiver, Herschel, Cape Province, South Africa. Discussion Seeley (18956) noted that the proportions of the phalanges of the pes arevery similar to those of Hortalotarsus (Fig. 8H) so this is probably anothergenerically and specifically indeterminate specimen of a slender-footedprosa
Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum . /?) Massospondylus browni Seeley, 18956: 118, figs 13-14. Thecodontosaurus browni Huene, 1906: 141, pi. 12 (figs 7-8); 1932: 118. Broom, 1911: , 1924: 370. Type Limb bones (BMNH R3302) from the Red Beds, Stormberg Series of TelleRiver, Herschel, Cape Province, South Africa. Discussion Seeley (18956) noted that the proportions of the phalanges of the pes arevery similar to those of Hortalotarsus (Fig. 8H) so this is probably anothergenerically and specifically indeterminate specimen of a slender-footedprosauropod. Thecodontosaurus minor Haughton, 1918 Thecodontosaurus minor Haughton, 1918: 468; 1924: 376, fig. browni: Huene, 1932: 118. Type Left tibia, a cervical vertebra and a portion of a left ilium (SAM-3451)from the Red Beds, Stormberg Series, from road-cutting at Naudes Nek,Pitsing, Maclear District, Cape Province, South Africa. Discussion The tibia is slender so this may be a slender-footed prosauropod but, on 142 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM. Fig. 10. Comparison of ilium and pubis of prosauropods. Scale = 2,5 cm. A-F. Lateral viewof left ilium: A. Anchisaurus polyzelus, YPM 1883. B. Anchisaurus capensis, SAM-990. huenei, figured as Gyposaurus sinensis by Young (1941). D. Efraasia diagnostica,SMNS 12667. E. Aristosaurus erectus, from Van Hoepen (1920a). F. Thecodontosaurus antiquus,from Huene (1907-08). G-J. lateral view of left pubis: G. as A. H as B. I as C. J as D. view of right pubis (L, M) or dorsal view of left pubis (K, N): K as A, G. L as C, I. M as E. N as D, J. the basis of available material, this specimen is a generically and specificallyindeterminate prosauropod and Thecodontosaurus minor is a nomen dubium. Thecodontosaurus macgilivrayi (Seeley) Agrosaurus macgilivrayi Seeley, 1891: 161, figs 1-6. Thecodontosaurus macgilivrayi Huene, 1906: 147, figs 86-90; 1932: 52. Type Tibiae, radius, an ungual and tooth (
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