Sauropod Quarry, farm Spion Kop 932 (BPI): Hettangian - Sinemurian, South Africa
collected 2004-2007
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Sauropoda indet.
Marsh 1878
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2 individuals | |||||||||
| "sauropod B", "closer to Eusauropoda" | ||||||||||
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= Pulanesaura eocollum n. gen., n. sp.
McPhee et al. 2015
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McPhee et al. 2015 | |||||||||
| BP/1/6882 - holotype (partial anterior dorsal neural arch); referred material (BP/1): 2 teeth; mid-cervical vertebra; five dorsal neural arches; a single right dorsal rib; three caudal vertebra; left clavicle; distal right humerus; left ulna; ?right fourth metacarpal; three ischia; left and right tibiae; two first pedal unguals | ||||||||||
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Sauropodomorpha indet.
Huene 1932
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2 individuals | |||||||||
| small form | ||||||||||
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= Arcusaurus pereirabdalorum n. gen., n. sp.
Yates et al. 2011
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Yates et al. 2011 | |||||||||
| BP/1/6235, 6842-6851, 6853, 6925-6926 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | South Africa | State/province: | Free State | County: | Senekal |
| Coordinates: | 28.5° South, 27.8° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 42.4° South, 0.1° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Early/Lower Jurassic |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 1 | ||
| Key time interval: | Hettangian - Sinemurian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 201.40000 - 192.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | bioturbation,coarse sandy siltstone |
| Secondary lithology: | lenticular,fine sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "an upwardly-fining lens of sand" | |
| Environment: | coarse channel fill |
| Geology comments: semi arid environment, described as "incipient paleosol", with the deposit representing "the fill of a low-energy, cut-off channel" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | -bonebed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | preferred |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated minor elements: | some |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Feeding/predation traces: | tooth marks |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | BPI | Collection dates: | 2004-2007 |
| Taxonomic list comments:"bioturbated bonebed" but no other fossils described | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Spioenkop, Spionkop, SQ | ||
| Database number: | 76191 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano, P. Mannion | Enterer: | M. Carrano, P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-11-15 14:16:27 | Last modified: | 2022-03-18 05:18:27 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-11-15 14:16:27 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 25828. | ETE | A. M. Yates, M. Bonnan, and J. Neveling. 2007. A new diverse dinosaur assemblage from the Early Jurassic of South Africa. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(3):169A [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/O. Alfaro] |
Secondary references:
| 56189 | B. W. McPhee, M. F. Bonnan, A. M. Yates, J. Neveling, and J. N. Choiniere. 2015. A new basal sauropod from the pre-Toarcian Jurassic of South Africa: evidence of niche-partitioning at the sauropodomorph–sauropod boundary?. Scientific Reports 5:13224:1-12 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
| 36469 | ETE | A. M. Yates, M. F. Bonnan, and J. Neveling. 2011. A new basal sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Early Jurassic of South Africa. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31(3):610-625 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |