farm Vastrap (804) (Upper Elliot): Hettangian - Sinemurian, South Africa
collected by J. W. Kitching
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Dipnoi
- Ceratodontidae
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cf. Ceratodus sp.
Agassiz 1838
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| tooth plates & partial skeletons | ||||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Chigutisauridae
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Chigutisauridae indet.
Rusconi 1951
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Warren and Damiani 1999 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| BP/1/5406, fragments of skull and mandible, postcranial fragments | ||||||||||
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Brachyopoidea indet.
Lydekker 1885
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1 individual | |||||||||
| BP/1/5092, partial skull and attached mandibular rami. | ||||||||||
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= cf. Siderops sp.
Warren and Hutchinson 1983
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Warren and Damiani 1999 | |||||||||
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Branchiopoda
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Conchostraca indet.
Sars 1867
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| invalid subgroup of Diplostraca | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | South Africa | State/province: | Free State | County: | Ladybrand |
| Coordinates: | 29.1° South, 27.3° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 42.8° South, 1.1° 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: | not reported |
| Environment: | lacustrine - small |
| Geology comments: "playa lake" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection,survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Museum repositories: | BPI |
| Collectors: | J. W. Kitching |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Ladybrand | ||
| Database number: | 75263 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano, R. Butler | Enterer: | M. Carrano, R. Butler |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-10-01 07:07:06 | Last modified: | 2023-11-08 10:02:12 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-10-01 07:07:06 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 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] |
Secondary references:
| 35686 | A. Warren and R. Damiani. 1999. Stereospondyl amphibians from the Elliot Formation of South Africa. Palaeontologia africana 35:45-54 [R. Butler/R. Butler] | |
| 47028 | D. M. S. Watson. 1913. Micropholis stowi, Huxley, a temnospondylus amphibian from South Africa. Geological Magazine (Decade V) 10:340-346 [R. Butler/R. Butler/R. Butler] |