Where: Mafeteng, Lesotho (29.8° S, 27.3° E: paleocoordinates 43.4° S, 1.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Upper Member (Elliot Formation), Hettangian to Hettangian (201.3 - 190.8 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: crevasse splay; red siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, trace
Collected by P. Ellenberger
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: P. Ellenberger. 1974. Contribution à la classification des pistes de Vertébrés du Trias: les types du Stormberg d'Afrique du Sud (IIème partie: Le Stormberg superieur - I. Le biome de la zone B/1 ou niveau de Moyeni: ses biocénoses) [Contribution to the classification of the vertebrate tracks of the Triassic: the types from the Stormberg of South Africa (2nd part: The upper Stormberg - I. The biome of zone B/1 or Moyeni level: its biocoenoses]. Palaeovertebrata Mém. Ext.(1974):1-147 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 149707: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 22.08.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Entodipodiscus priscus n. gen. n. sp.
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Eopentapodiscus major n. sp., Eopentapodiscus crassus n. sp., "Eopentapodiscus mirabilis n. gen. n. sp." = Ameghinichnus mirabilis
"Eopentapodiscus mirabilis n. gen. n. sp." = Ameghinichnus mirabilis Ellenberger 1970 mammal | |
Paraeopentapodiscus parvus n. sp., Paraeopentapodiscus intentus n. gen. n. sp.
Paraeopentapodiscus parvus n. sp. Ellenberger 1974 mammal | |
Reptilia | |
Sauroeidepus matsepensis n. gen. n. sp.
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Trisaurodactylus superavipes n. gen. n. sp.
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