Also known as Melanorosaurus type, Black Mountain, Thabanyama-Bensonvale
Where: Eastern Cape, South Africa (30.6° S, 27.4° E: paleocoordinates 51.2° S, 1.9° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Lower Member (Elliot Formation), Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)
• near base of Red Beds = lower Elliot Fm. Lower Elliot Fm. is dated as Norian (McPhee et al. 2014)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; poorly lithified, red mudstone and sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (float), surface (in situ),
Primary reference: S. H. Haughton. 1924. The fauna and stratigraphy of the Stormberg Series. Annals of the South African Museum 12:323-497 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 36704: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 10.02.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Melanorosaurus readi n. gen. n. sp.
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