Qomoqomosauropus fossil map
Where fossils of Qomoqomosauropus have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 190 million years ago and on today’s map.
Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 190 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →
About Qomoqomosauropus
Qomoqomosauropus is an ichnogenus of an unknown reptile footprint that lived from the Hettangian to Pliensbachian periods of the Early Jurassic. The footprint was impressed by a sauropod or large theropod in the modern day Kingdom of Lesotho, South Africa. This imprint was discovered by archeologist P. Ellenberger in 1970, and was named by him after the locale. Point of discovery: Lesotho (30.4° S, 27.7° E: paleocoordinates 44.0° S, 1.8° W).
Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Qomoqomosauropus (revision 1342598353), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q7268082.
