farm Glen Skye, Fouriesburg (121) (zone B/1) (Jurassic to of South Africa)

Also known as G. taylori type

Where: Free State, South Africa (28.6° S, 28.2° E: paleocoordinates 42.7° S, 0.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• top of "Red Beds" = Elliot Fm.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 1915

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: S. H. Haughton. 1924. The fauna and stratigraphy of the Stormberg Series. Annals of the South African Museum 12:323-497 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 36736: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 11.02.2004

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Saurischia -
Gryponyx taylori n. sp. Haughton 1924 prosauropod
SAM 3453