Where: Mafeteng, Lesotho (29.9° S, 27.3° E: paleocoordinates 49.3° S, 1.4° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Lower Member (Elliot Formation), Norian to Norian (228.0 - 201.3 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Ellenberger
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 107168: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 01.04.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Euskelosaurus sp. Huxley 1866 sauropodomorph | |
Likhoelesaurus ingens Ellenberger 1970 archosaur |