Where: Antarctica (85.1° S, 174.8° W: paleocoordinates 81.8° S, 69.8° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Lystrosaurus zone, Fremouw Formation (Beacon Group), Early/Lower Triassic (252.2 - 247.2 Ma)
• 102 m above formational base
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: "channel"; fine-grained, conglomeratic sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by J. W. Cosgriff, W. R. Hammer, among others in 1977-1978
• WSU = Wayne State University Museum of Natural History, Detroit, Michigan
Primary reference: J. W. Cosgriff and W. R. Hammer. 1984. New material of labyrinthodont amphibians from the Lower Triassic Fremouw Formation of Antarctica. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 4(1):47-56 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 136395: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 27.11.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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