Also known as Aetosaur site

Where: Mashonaland Central, Zimbabwe (16.1° S, 30.5° E: paleocoordinates 50.7° S, 12.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pebbly Arkose Formation (Karoo Group), Carnian (237.0 - 228.0 Ma)

• approx. 3 fossiliferous beds in 8 m of section

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; brown siltstone and brown mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Griffin, Tolan, & Nesbitt in 2017–2019

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: C. T. Griffin, B. M. Wynd, D. Munyikwa, T. J. Broderick, M. Zondo, S. Tolan, M. C. Langer, S. J. Nesbitt, and H. R. Taruvinga. 2022. Africa’s oldest dinosaurs reveal early suppression of dinosaur distribution. Nature 609(7926):313-319 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 228332: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 02.12.2022

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