Also known as Noupoortsnek, Dromicosaurus type, Naauwpoort Nek
Where: Free State, South Africa (26.2° S, 25.6° E: paleocoordinates 39.5° S, 1.1° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Upper Member (Elliot Formation), Hettangian to Hettangian (201.3 - 190.8 Ma)
• "Red Beds"
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by E. C. N. van Hoepen
Primary reference: E. C. N. Van Hoepen. 1920. Contributions to the knowledge of the reptiles of the Karroo Formation. 6. Further dinosaurian material in the Transvaal Museum. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 7(2):93-141 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 36740: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 11.02.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Dromicosaurus gracilis n. gen. n. sp.
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