Transect B, Dande Communal Land: Carnian, Zimbabwe
collected by Griffin, Tolan, & Nesbitt 2017–2019
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Herrerasauridae
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Herrerasauridae indet.
Benedetto 1973
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1 individual | ||||||
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Reptilia
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Mbiresaurus raathi
Griffin et al. 2022
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1 individual | ||||||
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Hyperodapedontinae indet.
(Chatterjee 1969)
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5 individuals | ||||||
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Traversodontidae
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Gomphodontosuchinae indet.
Watson and Romer 1956
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1 individual | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Zimbabwe | State/province: | Mashonaland Central |
| Coordinates: | 16.1° South, 30.5° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 50.7° South, 12.2° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Triassic |
| Stage: | Carnian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Carnian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 237.00000 - 227.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Karoo | Formation: | Pebbly Arkose | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: approx. 6 fossiliferous beds in 8 m of section | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | brown siltstone |
| Secondary lithology: | brown mudstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Collectors: | Griffin, Tolan, & Nesbitt | Collection dates: | 2017–2019 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Herrerasaurid site | ||
| Database number: | 228331 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2022-12-02 13:39:31 | Last modified: | 2022-12-02 13:39:31 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2022-12-02 13:39:30 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 83255. | C. T. Griffin, B. M. Wynd, D. Munyikwa, T. J. Broderick, M. Zondo, S. Tolan, M. C. Langer, S. J. Nesbitt, and H. R. Taruvinga. 2022. Africa’s oldest dinosaurs reveal early suppression of dinosaur distribution. Nature 609(7926):313-319 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |