Leribe tracksite: Pliensbachian, Lesotho
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Batrachopodidae
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Theromorpha indet.
Cope 1878
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= Molapopentapodiscus pilosus n. sp.
Ellenberger 1970
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Ellenberger 1970 | |||||||||
| recombined as Batrachopus pilosus | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Saurischia
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Saurischia indet.
Seeley 1888
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| track site G | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Otozoidae
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Kalosauropus pollex n. gen., n. sp.
Ellenberger 1970
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Ellenberger 1970 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| UM2 LES232-3, 233, 234 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Grallatoridae
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Neotrisauropus lacunensis n. sp.
Ellenberger 1970
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Ellenberger 1970 | |||||||||
| recombined as Grallator lacunensis | ||||||||||
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Neotrisauropus leribeensis n. sp.
Ellenberger 1970
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Ellenberger 1970 | |||||||||
| recombined as Grallator leribeensis | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
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Dinopentapodiscus acutus n. sp.
Ellenberger 1970
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Ellenberger 1970 | |||||||||
| recombined as Ameghinichnus acutus | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Dipodiscus saltator n. sp.
Ellenberger 1970
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Ellenberger 1970 | |||||||||
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Francipentapodiscus minor n. sp.
Ellenberger 1970
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Ellenberger 1970 | |||||||||
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Francipentapodiscus crassus n. sp.
Ellenberger 1970
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Ellenberger 1970 | |||||||||
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Francipentapodiscus medius n. sp.
Ellenberger 1970
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Ellenberger 1970 | |||||||||
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Francipentapodiscus minusculus n. sp.
Ellenberger 1970
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Ellenberger 1970 | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Lesotho | State/province: | Leribe |
| Coordinates: | 28.9° South, 28.1° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 41.7° South, 2.7° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Altitude: | 1524 meters | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Early/Lower Jurassic |
| Stage: | Pliensbachian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Pliensbachian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 192.90000 - 184.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | cast,trace |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Articulated whole bodies: | some |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),observed (not collected) |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 56001 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-11-10 08:56:19 | Last modified: | 2022-03-07 10:35:41 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-11-10 08:56:19 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 15104. | ETE | F. Ellenberger and P. Ellenberger. 1958. Principaux types de pistes de Vertébrés dans les couches du Stormberg au Basutoland (Afrique du Sud) (Note préliminaire) [Principal types of vertebrate prints in the Stormberg beds of Basutoland (South Africa) (preliminary note)]. Comptes Rendus de la Société géologique de France 1958:65-67 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 69455 | F. Ellenberger, P. Ellenberger, and L. Ginsburg. 1970. Les Dinosaures du Trias et du Lias en France et en Afrique du Sud, d'après les pistes qu'ils ont laissées [The Triassic and Liassic dinosaurs in France and South Africa, after their prints]. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, 7e série 12(1):151-159 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 28154 | ETE | 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] |
| 70980 | P. Ellenberger. 1972. Contribution à la classification des Pistes de Vertébrés du Trias: Les types du Stormberg d’Afrique du Sud (I) [Contribution to the classification of Triassic vertebrate footprints: the types from the Stormberg of South Africa (I)]. Palaeovertebrata Mem. Ext.(1972):1-152 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 65678 | M. G. Lockley, S. G. Lucas, and A. P. Hunt. 2006. Evazoum and the renaming of Northern Hemisphere “Pseudotetrasauropus”: implications for tetrapod ichnotaxonomy at the Triassic-Jurassic boundary. In J. D. Harris, S. G. Lucas, J. A. Spielmann, M. G. Lockley, A. R. C. Milner, J. I. Kirkland (eds.), The Triassic-Jurassic Terrestrial Transition. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 37:199-206 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/P. Wagner] |