Seobeng tracksite (zone A/4) (Jurassic of Lesotho)

Also known as Soebeng, Seobong, Subeng, Leribe-Subeng

Where: Leribe, Lesotho (28.9° S, 28.1° E: paleocoordinates 42.8° S, 0.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Clarens Formation (Stormberg Group), Sinemurian (199.3 - 190.8 Ma)

• = Cave Sandstone, zone A/4, also listed as Lower Elliot

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; fine-grained, yellow sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, trace

Collected by Casalis & Arbousset

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: P. Ellenberger. 1955. Note préliminaire sur les pistes et les restes osseux de Vertébrés du Basutoland (Afrique du Sud) [Prelimiinary note on the trackways and bony remains of vertebrates from Basutoland (southern Africa)]. Comptes Rendus des Séances de l'Academie des Sciences, Paris 240:889-891 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 56014: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 10.11.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Dicynodontia -
Pentasauropus incredibilis n. gen. n. sp.1 Ellenberger 1970 dicynodont
Reptilia
 Pseudosuchia - Chirotheriidae
cf. Chirotherium sp. Kaup 1835 archosaur
"a large amphibian"
Deuterosauropodopus minor n. sp.1 Ellenberger 1970 archosaur
 Saurischia - Thecodontosauridae
Pseudotrisauropus subengensis n. sp.1 Ellenberger 1970 sauropodomorph
Pseudotrisauropus dieterleni n. sp.1 Ellenberger 1970 sauropodomorph
 Theropoda - Grallatoridae
"Deuterotrisauropus socialis" = Grallator socialis1
"Deuterotrisauropus socialis" = Grallator socialis1 Ellenberger 1970 theropod
 Avetheropoda -
Mafatrisauropus errans1 Ellenberger 1970 carnosaur
 Theromorpha -