Where: Quthing, Lesotho (30.3° S, 27.6° E: paleocoordinates 44.0° S, 1.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Upper Member (Elliot Formation), Hettangian to Hettangian (201.3 - 190.8 Ma)
• "red beds", also referred to Lower Elliot (Late Triassic)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, trace
Collected by Ellenberger
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: F. Ellenberger and P. Ellenberger. 1958. Principaux types de pistes de Vertébrés dans les couches du Stormberg au Basutoland (Afrique du Sud) (Note préliminaire) [Principal types of vertebrate prints in the Stormberg beds of Basutoland (South Africa) (preliminary note)]. Comptes Rendus de la Société géologique de France 1958:65-67 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 56003: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 10.11.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Lacertoidopus sociabilis n. sp.
Lacertoidopus sociabilis n. sp. Ellenberger 1970 lepidosaur | |
"Prototrisauropus graciosus n. sp." = Grallator graciosus, "Prototrisauropus crassidigitus n. sp." = Grallator crassidigitus, "Prototrisauropus angustidigitus n. sp." = Grallator angustidigitus
"Prototrisauropus graciosus n. sp." = Grallator graciosus Ellenberger 1970 theropod
"Prototrisauropus crassidigitus n. sp." = Grallator crassidigitus Ellenberger 1970 theropod 2 varieties
"Prototrisauropus angustidigitus n. sp." = Grallator angustidigitus Ellenberger 1970 theropod | |
Pseudotetrasauropus francisci n. sp. Ellenberger 1970 prosauropod | |
"Tetrasauropus seakensis n. sp." = Paratetrasauropus seakensis
"Tetrasauropus seakensis n. sp." = Paratetrasauropus seakensis Ellenberger 1970 crocodilian | |
"Pseudotetrasauropus dulcis n. sp." = Brachychirotherium thuringiacum
"Pseudotetrasauropus dulcis n. sp." = Brachychirotherium thuringiacum Rühle von Lilienstern 1938 archosaur | |
Osteichthyes | |
"Tetrasauropus gigas n. sp." = Pentasauropus incredibilis
"Tetrasauropus gigas n. sp." = Pentasauropus incredibilis Ellenberger 1970 dicynodont | |
Seakatrisauropus unguiferus n. gen. n. sp., Seakatrisauropus divergens n. sp.
Seakatrisauropus unguiferus n. gen. n. sp. Ellenberger 1970 |