east of Ipayi confluence, Limpopo (Jurassic to of Zimbabwe)

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

• "a friable pink sandstone cut by calcareous veins"

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

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Saurischia - Massospondylidae
? Massospondylus carinatus
? Massospondylus carinatus Owen 1854 sauropodomorph
1 post-dorsal vertebra, L & R femora, 2 ischia, tibial head fragment, rib and other fragments
 Saurischia -
Gryponyx africanus
Gryponyx africanus Broom 1911 prosauropod
digit and claw