Ft. Hartley, Likhoele (UCL): Hettangian - Sinemurian, Lesotho
collected by K. A. Kermack & Mussett 1963-1964
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
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Fabrosaurus australis
Ginsburg 1964
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1 individual | |||||||||
(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
= Fabrosauridae indet.
Galton 1972
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Charig and Crompton 1974 | |||||||||
= Lesothosaurus diagnosticus
Galton 1978
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Galton 1978 | |||||||||
BMNH RU B.23 | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Lesotho | State/province: | Quthing |
Coordinates: | 31.3° South, 27.8° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 44.9° South, 2.0° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
Altitude: | 1576 meters | ||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Early/Lower Jurassic |
10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 1 | ||
*Period: | Late/Upper Triassic | ||
*International age/stage: | Carnian - Norian | ||
Key time interval: | Hettangian - Sinemurian | ||
Age range of interval: | 201.40000 - 192.90000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | red lithified sandstone |
Secondary lithology: | gray poorly lithified "limestone" |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: "The bones, preserved in soft, white calcareous material, are enclosed in a tough medium-grained sandstone of bright red colour." | |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Associated major elements: | all |
Fragmentation: | occasional |
Encrustation: | none |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,chemical,mechanical,field collection | ||
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
Collectors: | K. A. Kermack & Mussett | Collection dates: | 1963-1964 |
Metadata
Database number: | 28613 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2003-02-20 11:31:40 | Last modified: | 2015-06-24 10:43:51 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-02-20 11:31:40 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
7893. | R. A. Thulborn. 1970. The skull of Fabrosaurus australis, a Triassic ornithischian dinosaur. Palaeontology 13(3):414-432 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
24338 | ETE | A. J. Charig and A. W. Crompton. 1974. The alleged synonymy of Lycorhinus and Heterodontosaurus. Annals of the South African Museum 64:167-189 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
12660 | ETE | P. M. Galton. 1978. Fabrosauridae, the basal family of ornithischian dinosaurs (Reptilia: Ornithischia). Paläontologische Zeitschrift 52(1/2):138-159 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/J. Alroy] |
25375 | ETE | J. W. Kitching and M. A. Raath. 1984. Fossils from the Elliot and Clarens Formations (Karoo Sequence) of the northeastern Cape, Orange Free State and Lesotho, and a suggested biozonation based on tetrapods. Palaeontologia Africana 25:111-125 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |