Where: Free State, South Africa (28.3° S, 25.7° E: paleocoordinates 41.5° S, 2.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Upper Member (Elliot Formation), Hettangian to Hettangian (201.3 - 190.8 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected in 1985; reposited in the BPI
Collection methods: mechanical,
Primary reference: D. Munyikwa and M. A. Raath. 1999. Further material of the ceratosaurian dinosaur Syntarsus from the Elliot Formation (Early Jurassic) of South Africa. Palaeontologia Africana 35:55-59 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 45531: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 29.10.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
"Syntarsus rhodesiensis" = Megapnosaurus rhodesiensis
"Syntarsus rhodesiensis" = Megapnosaurus rhodesiensis Raath 1969 coelophysoid |