"Fuzz" Crompton, an American paleontologist who led numerous field expeditions in Elliot Formation outcrop localities in South Africa.

[1] Blikanasaurus was first discovered by a partial hindlimb (epipodium and pes) found in the lower Elliot Formation (LEF) at the foot of Blikana mountain in Herschel, Eastern Cape of South Africa in c. 1965.

[2][3] In the early 2000s, a second specimen - consisting of only a right metatarsal - was recovered from lower Elliot Formation deposits on the farm, Damplaats, in Ladybrand of the eastern Free State.

[7][8][9] Due to its robust build, Blikanasaurus is hypothesized to have been an obligate quadruped[citation needed], unlike what is characteristic of more basal sauropodomorphs.

Blikanasaurus is now considered to be a basal sauropodomorph[citation needed]; however, due to the lack of complete specimens, little remains known about this enigmatic taxon.