Vroolykheid Farm (284) (SAM) (Jurassic to of South Africa)

Also known as Ladybrand

Where: Free State, South Africa (29.5° S, 27.5° E: paleocoordinates 43.2° S, 1.2° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Upper Member (Elliot Formation), Hettangian to Hettangian (201.3 - 190.8 Ma)

• upper Elliot Fm., Massospondylus range zone

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: P. M. Barrett. 2004. Sauropodomorph dinosaur diversity in the upper Elliot Formation (Massospondylus range zone: Lower Jurassic) of South Africa. South African Journal of Science 100:501-503 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 47033: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 01.02.2005

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Saurischia - Massospondylidae
Massospondylus sp. Owen 1854 sauropodomorph
SAM-PK-K7904; might be same new ?plateosaurid genus as at Voyizane farm