Also known as Masitise
Where: Quthing, Lesotho (30.4° S, 27.5° E: paleocoordinates 42.8° S, 4.3° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Clarens Formation (Stormberg Group), Pliensbachian (190.8 - 182.7 Ma)
• base of Cave Sandstone; zone B/4
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•Bordy et al. 2020
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; red sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, trace
Collected by P. 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: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 84065: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 16.09.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gnathostomata | |
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Reptilia | |
"Neotrisauropus lambereshei n. sp." = Grallator lambereshei
"Neotrisauropus lambereshei n. sp." = Grallator lambereshei Ellenberger 1970 theropod | |
Amphibia | |
Lehahichnus coquinaris n. gen. n. sp.
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