Also known as Roosendal, Aristosaurus type
Where: Free State, South Africa (28.5° S, 27.9° E: paleocoordinates 42.4° S, 0.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Clarens Formation (Stormberg Group), Sinemurian (199.3 - 190.8 Ma)
• base of formation; = Cave Sandstone
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected in 1915
Collection methods: salvage, quarrying, mechanical,
Primary reference: E. C. N. Van Hoepen. 1915. Contributions to the knowledge of the reptiles of the Karroo Formation. 4. A new pseudosuchian from the Orange Free State. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 5(1):83-87 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 36851: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 17.02.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Pedeticosaurus leviseuri n. gen. n. sp.
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Aristosaurus erectus n. gen. n. sp.
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