Where: Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe (22.1° S, 29.6° E: paleocoordinates 37.4° S, 5.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Forest Sandstone Formation (Karoo Group), Hettangian to Hettangian (201.3 - 190.8 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; poorly lithified, red, calcareous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: replaced with silica
Collected by Robertson, Bond in 1967, 1973
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: A. O. Thompson. 1975. The Karoo rocks in the Mazinga area, Beitbridge District. Rhodesia Geological Survey Short Report 40:1-79 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 24755: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 19.08.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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? Massospondylus carinatus Owen 1854 sauropodomorph 1 post-dorsal vertebra, L & R femora, 2 ischia, tibial head fragment, rib and other fragments
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