Blikanasaurus
Blikanasaurus was a thick, heavy dinosaur that lived in South Africa during the Late Triassic. It walked on all four legs and was an early relative of the giant long-necked sauropods. Scientists only know it from a few leg bones, so it is still a bit of a mystery.1
E tshetse leng?
E ne e le bonako go le kae?
Dintlha tse di monate
Blikanasaurus is only known from a few hindlimb bones, including a partial foot and leg, found at the foot of Blikana Mountain.1
Its leg bones were very thick and heavy, suggesting Blikanasaurus was a sturdy, robust dinosaur that probably walked on all fours.1
Blikanasaurus lived about 210 million years ago, during the Late Triassic period.1
The species name cromptoni honors American paleontologist A.W. 'Fuzz' Crompton, who led many fossil hunts in South Africa.1
Some scientists think Blikanasaurus belongs to its own family called Blikanasauridae, but this is not widely accepted.1

Dipotso tse di botswang thata ka ga Blikanasaurus
?How big was Blikanasaurus?
Nobody knows for sure because only a few leg bones have been found. The bones are thick and heavy, so it was a sturdy, robust dinosaur, but its exact size is unknown.1
?What did Blikanasaurus eat?
Blikanasaurus was a herbivore, meaning it ate plants. It is a sauropodomorph, a group of long-necked dinosaurs that mostly ate plants.3
?When did Blikanasaurus live?
Blikanasaurus lived about 210 million years ago, during the Late Triassic period.1
Ya baitseanape ba didino
- Leina la saense
- Blikanasaurus
- Leina le neilwe ke
- Galton and Van Heerden 19855
- Setlhopha
- Melala-meleele
- Lelapa / clade
- Sauropodiformes5
- Thulaganyo
- Sauropodomorpha5
- Bogolo jwa matlapa
- 227 go ya go 201 dimilione tsa dingwaga (Norian / Rhaetian)5
- Dibopego tsa matlapa
- Elliot5
- Dinaga
- Aforika Borwa5
- Direkoto tsa difosili
- 2 mo The Paleobiology Database5
- Go fitlhelwa
- Blikanasaurus was named in 1985 by Peter Galton and Jacques Van Heerden. The first fossils were found around 1965 at the foot of Blikana Mountain in South Africa.12
- Go sa ntse go ganetsanwa
- Scientists are not sure exactly how Blikanasaurus is related to other dinosaurs. Some think it is a very early sauropod, while others place it as a more primitive sauropodomorph.1
Kwa dintlha di tswang teng
- Blikanasaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
- PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
- BLIKANASAURUS - DinoChecker dinosaur archive (dinochecker.com)
- wiredspace.wits.ac.za (wiredspace.wits.ac.za)
- Blikanasaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): dingwaga, mafelo, dibopego tsa matlapa, thulaganyo.
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