Mpandi prosauropod site 6 (Jurassic of Zimbabwe)

Where: Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe (22.2° S, 29.5° E: paleocoordinates 36.6° S, 3.3° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Mpandi Formation, Early/Lower Jurassic (201.4 - 174.7 Ma)

• lower pink sandstone

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; fine-grained, concretionary, blue, calcareous sandstone

• "purple, fine-grained sandstone, with calcareous nodules and mudcracks"

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 1996

Primary reference: D. Munyikwa. 1997. Faunal analysis of Karoo-aged sediments in the northern Limpopo Valley, Zimbabwe. Arnoldia Zimbabwe 10(13):129-140 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 45543: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 02.11.2004

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Reptilia
 Saurischia - Massospondylidae
Massospondylus sp.
Massospondylus sp. Owen 1854 sauropodomorph