Also known as Geranosaurus type
Where: Eastern Cape, South Africa (31.5° S, 27.9° E: paleocoordinates 45.0° S, 2.3° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Clarens Formation (Stormberg Group), Sinemurian (199.3 - 190.8 Ma)
• = Cave Sandstone; base of formation
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by G. S. T. Mandy
• Possibly two animals present (skull elements vs. vertebrae)
Primary reference: R. Broom. 1911. On the dinosaurs of the Stormberg, South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 7(4):291-308 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 36703: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 10.02.2004, edited by Richard Butler
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Geranosaurus atavus n. gen. n. sp., ? Geranosaurus atavus
Geranosaurus atavus n. gen. n. sp. Broom 1911 heterodontosaurid SAM-PK-K1871 (holotype), partial skull.
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