Also known as Syntarsus type
Where: Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe (20.0° S, 28.4° E: paleocoordinates 35.0° S, 5.1° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Forest Sandstone Formation (Karoo Group), Hettangian to Hettangian (201.3 - 190.8 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; fine-grained, yellow sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by M. A. Raath in 1963-1966
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ), mechanical,
• Originally discovered by schoolboys
Primary reference: M. A. Raath. 1968. Rhodesian dinosaurs in a southern African context. The Rhodesia Science News 2(6):89-91 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 48392: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 17.03.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Syntarsus rhodesiensis n. gen. n. sp." = Megapnosaurus rhodesiensis1
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