Matsepe tracksite (zone B/1) (Jurassic to of Lesotho)

Where: Mafeteng, Lesotho (29.8° S, 27.3° E: paleocoordinates 43.4° S, 1.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Upper Member (Elliot Formation), Hettangian to Hettangian (201.3 - 190.8 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: crevasse splay; red siliciclastic sediments

• "sheet-flood?"
• "red slab with dessication cracks"

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, trace

Collected by P. Ellenberger

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: P. Ellenberger. 1974. Contribution à la classification des pistes de Vertébrés du Trias: les types du Stormberg d'Afrique du Sud (IIème partie: Le Stormberg superieur - I. Le biome de la zone B/1 ou niveau de Moyeni: ses biocénoses) [Contribution to the classification of the vertebrate tracks of the Triassic: the types from the Stormberg of South Africa (2nd part: The upper Stormberg - I. The biome of zone B/1 or Moyeni level: its biocoenoses]. Palaeovertebrata Mém. Ext.(1974):1-147 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 149707: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 22.08.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Eosuchia -
Sauroeidepus matsepensis n. gen. n. sp.
Sauroeidepus matsepensis n. gen. n. sp. Ellenberger 1970 lepidosaur
"piste Z"
Mammalia
  - Paraeopentapodiscidae
Paraeopentapodiscus intentus n. gen. n. sp. Ellenberger 1974 mammal
trackways O, T, V, W
Paraeopentapodiscus parvus n. sp. Ellenberger 1974 mammal
  - Dipodiscidae
Entodipodiscus priscus n. gen. n. sp.
Entodipodiscus priscus n. gen. n. sp. Ellenberger 1974 mammal
trackways X1, X2
  -
Eopentapodiscus crassus n. sp., Eopentapodiscus major n. sp., "Eopentapodiscus mirabilis n. gen. n. sp." = Ameghinichnus mirabilis
Eopentapodiscus crassus n. sp. Ellenberger 1970 mammal
trackway Y
Eopentapodiscus major n. sp. Ellenberger 1974 mammal
trackways F, G, N1-N4, M
"Eopentapodiscus mirabilis n. gen. n. sp." = Ameghinichnus mirabilis Ellenberger 1970 mammal
 Carnavia -
Masitisisauropus cf. exiguus Ellenberger 1972
var. ruber
Masitisisauropus angustus Ellenberger 1972
var. cursor; "piste A"
 Lacunavia -
Trisaurodactylus superavipes n. gen. n. sp. Ellenberger 1974
"piste D"