Gyposaurus

Gyposaurus (meaning "vulture lizard", referring to the outdated hypothesis that prosauropods were carnivores) is a genus of basal sauropodomorph dinosaur from the early Jurassic of South Africa. It is usually considered to represent juveniles of other prosauropods, but ""G." sinensis" is regarded as a possibly valid species.
Taxonomy.
"G. capensis" was named in 1911 by Scottish physician and paleontologist Robert Broom from a partial skeleton consisting of eleven dorsal and six caudal vertebrae, ribs, gastralia, partial right scapula, right pelvic girdle, left ilium, and most of the right leg, discovered in the Upper Elliot Formation of Orange Free State, South Africa. Originally, he thought the specimen belonged to the dubious genus "Hortalotarsus". Galton and Cluver placed it in the genus "Anchisaurus" in 1976, but Michael Cooper synonymized it with "Massospondylus" in 1981, which has been generally accepted.
""G." sinensis" was named by Yang Zhongjian (C.C. Young) in 1941 for four specimens including jaw fragments and postcranial material from the Early Jurassic Lufeng Formation of Yunnan Province, China. In 1976, Galton referred it to "Lufengosaurus", while Dong Zhiming referred it to "Anchisaurus" in 1992. Galton and Upchurch (2004) considered it to be a valid, distinct taxon in need of a new generic name. Barrett "et al." (2007) proposed the name "Gripposaurus" for this species, but it is a "nomen nudum". Unpublished results of a presentation by Wang and colleagues at the SVP 2017 conference indicate that ""G." sinensis" is a junior synonym of "Lufengosaurus huenei"; however, some referred specimens need further study to determine their relationships.