Also known as G. capensis type
Where: Free State, South Africa (29.2° S, 27.5° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 41.1° S, 13.3° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Clarens Formation (Stormberg Group), Pliensbachian (192.9 - 184.2 Ma)
• = Cave Sandstone
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•Bordy et al. 2020
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; poorly lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by R. Broom in 1905
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
Primary reference: R. Broom. 1906. On the South African dinosaur (Hortalotarsus). Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society 16(3):201-206 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 36751: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 12.02.2004
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
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Gyposaurus capensis n. gen. n. sp.
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