Where: Free State, South Africa (30.6° S, 26.3° E: paleocoordinates 51.1° S, 3.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Beaufort Group, Late/Upper Triassic (237.0 - 201.4 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by A. Brown; reposited in the BSP
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: R. Broom. 1913. The fossil fishes of the Upper Karroo Beds of South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 7:251-269 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 220879: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 22.06.2021
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes | |
"Hybodus africanus" = Lissodus africanus
"Hybodus africanus" = Lissodus africanus Broom 1913 elasmobranch | |
Actinopteri | |
Pholidophorus browni n. sp.
Pholidophorus browni n. sp. Broom 1913 | |
Osteichthyes | |
"Helichthys draperi" = Dicellopyge lissocephalus
"Helichthys draperi" = Dicellopyge lissocephalus Brough 1931 | |
Helichthys browni n. gen. n. sp.
Helichthys browni n. gen. n. sp. Broom 1913 | |
Coelacanthimorpha | |
Coelacanthus africanus n. sp.
Coelacanthus africanus n. sp. coelacanth |