Also known as MQ, Spioenkop
Where: Free State, South Africa (28.5° S, 27.8° E: paleocoordinates 42.4° S, 0.1° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Upper Member (Elliot Formation), Hettangian to Hettangian (201.3 - 190.8 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: "channel"; bioturbated, sandy mudstone and lenticular, fine-grained sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected in 2004-2007; reposited in the BPI
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
Primary reference: A. M. Yates, P. J. Hancox, and B. S. Rubidge. 2004. First record of a sauropod dinosaur from the upper Elliot Formation (Early Jurassic) of South Africa. South African Journal of Science 100:504-506 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 47031: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 01.02.2005, edited by John Alroy
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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