north flank, Likhoele Mountain (MNHN) (Jurassic to of Lesotho)

Also known as Mafeteng

Where: Mafeteng, Lesotho (29.9° S, 27.3° E: paleocoordinates 43.4° S, 1.6° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Upper Member (Elliot Formation), Hettangian to Hettangian (201.3 - 190.8 Ma)

• "Upper Triassic Red Beds of the Stormberg Series" = "Red Beds" of upper Elliot Fm.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by L. Ginsburg in 1959; reposited in the MNHN

Primary reference: L. Ginsburg. 1964. Découverte d'un Scélidosaurien (Dinosaure ornithischien) dans le Trias supérieur du Basutoland [Discovery of a scelidosaurian (ornithischian dinosaur) in the Upper Triassic of Basutoland]. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences à Paris 258:2366-2368 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 55339: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 11.10.2005

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Ornithischia -
Fabrosaurus australis n. gen. n. sp. Ginsburg 1964 Fabre's lizard
MNHN LES9
Lesothosaurus sp. Galton 1978 ornithischian
MNHN IG series
Osteichthyes
 Therapsida - Tritylodontidae
Tritylodontidae indet. Cope 1884 mammaliamorph