Where: Free State, South Africa (30.6° S, 26.3° E: paleocoordinates 65.6° S, 18.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Lystrosaurus zone, Katberg Formation (Beaufort Group), Early/Lower Triassic (252.2 - 247.2 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by G. Grossarth in 1931; reposited in the BSP
Collection methods: mechanical,
Primary reference: F. Broili and J. Schröder. 1934. Beobachtungen an Wirbeltieren der Karroo Formation. V. Über Chasmatosaurus vanhoepeni Haughton. Sitzungsberichte der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch - naturwissenschaftliche Abteiliung 3:225-264 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 117179: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 16.09.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Chasmatosaurus vanhoepeni" = Proterosuchus fergusi
"Chasmatosaurus vanhoepeni" = Proterosuchus fergusi Broom 1903 archosauromorph BSPG 1934-VIII-514, skull
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