Also known as Ha Falatsa, HF1
Where: Maseru, Lesotho (30.4° S, 27.6° E: paleocoordinates 51.0° S, 1.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Lower Member (Elliot Formation), Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)
• "The Ha Falatsa site yielded a maximum depositional age of 209.6 ± 1.4 Ma"
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, green sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, trace
Collected by Ellenberger
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: P. Ellenberger. 1970. Les niveaux paléontologiques de première apparition des mammifères primoridaux en Afrique du Sud et leur ichnologie. Establissement de zones stratigraphiques detaillees dans le Stormberg du Lesotho (Afrique du Sud) (Trias Supérieur à Jurassique) [The paleontological levels of the first appearance of primordial mammals in southern Africa and their ichnology. Establishment of detailed stratigraphic zones in the Stormberg of Lesotho (southern Africa) (Upper Triassic to Jurassic). In: S. H. Haughton (ed.), Second Symposium on Gondwana Stratigraphy and Paleontology, International Union of Geological Sciences. Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Pretoria 343-370 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 149751: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 24.08.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
"Prototrisauropus minimus n. sp." = Grallator minimus
"Prototrisauropus minimus n. sp." = Grallator minimus Ellenberger 1970 theropod | |
Tetrasauropus unguiferus n. gen. n. sp., Pseudotetrasauropus elegans n. sp.
Pseudotetrasauropus elegans n. sp. Ellenberger 1970 prosauropod | |
Paratrisauropus mendrezi n. gen. n. sp., Sauropodopus antiquus n. gen. n. sp.
Paratrisauropus mendrezi n. gen. n. sp. Ellenberger 1970 archosaur
Sauropodopus antiquus n. gen. n. sp. Ellenberger 1970 archosaur | |
Osteichthyes | |
"Pentasauropus motlejoi n. sp." = Pentasauropus incredibilis
"Pentasauropus motlejoi n. sp." = Pentasauropus incredibilis Ellenberger 1970 dicynodont |