Pseudotetrasauropus
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| Pseudotetrasauropus Temporal range: Late Triassic, ~ | |
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| Footprints of Pseudotetrasauropus bipedoida from the Libataolong track site of Lesotho | |
| Trace fossil classification | |
| 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]