Also known as Gryponx transvaalensis type
Where: Limpopo, South Africa (22.8° S, 29.3° E: paleocoordinates 37.9° S, 4.7° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Bushveld Sandstone Formation (Stormberg Group), Hettangian to Hettangian (201.3 - 190.8 Ma)
• Previously reported as Late Triassic in age, but considered equivalent to the Early Jurassic Clarens Formation of southern South Africa (e.g. Smith et al. 1993. J. African Earth Sciences 16: 160)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; red sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by J. M. Bowker in 1906
Collection methods: surface (float),
• TM: Transvaal Museum
Primary reference: R. Broom. 1912. On the remains of a theropodous dinosaur from the northern Transvaal. Transactions of the Geological Society of South Africa 14:82-83 [R. Butler/R. Butler/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 107181: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 02.04.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Gryponyx transvaalensis n. sp.
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