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Pseudotetrasauropus

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Pseudotetrasauropus
Temporal range: Late Triassic,
~209.6–208.5 Ma
Footprints of Pseudotetrasauropus bipedoida from the Libataolong track site of Lesotho
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Sauropodomorpha
Ichnofamily: Otozoidae
Ichnogenus: Pseudotetrasauropus

Pseudotetrasauropus is an ichnogenus of sauropod dinosaur footprint from the Elliot Formation of Lesotho and South Africa. In 2020 based on the 60 cm (2 ft) long footprint Molina-Pérez and Larramendi estimated the size of the animal at 9.1 meters (30 ft) and 2 tonnes (2.2 short tons).[1]

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  1. ^ Molina-Pérez & Larramendi (2020). Dinosaur Facts and Figures The sauropods and Other Sauropodomorphs. New Jersey: Princeton University Press. p. 20. Bibcode:2020dffs.book.....M.