Also known as Phutiatsana, Thaba-Bosiu
Where: Maseru, Lesotho (29.4° S, 27.6° E: paleocoordinates 50.2° S, 0.8° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Lower Member (Elliot Formation), Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)
• originally upper third of Molteno Fm. (zone A/3); "Radioisotopic dating of detrital zircons from the site yielded a maximum depositional age of 219.6 ± 2.5 Ma"
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; green sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression, trace
Collected by Jacques in 1963
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: F. Ellenberger, P. Ellenberger, J. Fabre and C. Mendrez. 1963. Deux nouvelles dalles à pistes de Vertébrés fossiles découvertes au Basutoland (Afrique du Sud) [Two new sites of fossil vertebrate prints discovered in Basutoland (South Africa)]. Comptes Rendus de la Société géologique de France 1963:315-317 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 56029: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 10.11.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
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"Prototrisauropus rectilineus n. sp." = Grallator rectilineus
"Prototrisauropus rectilineus n. sp." = Grallator rectilineus Ellenberger 1970 theropod | |
Bosiutrisauropus phuthiatsani n. gen. n. sp.
Bosiutrisauropus phuthiatsani n. gen. n. sp. Ellenberger 1970 carnosaur | |
"Tetrasauropus jaquesi n. sp." = Pseudotetrasauropus jaquesi, "Pseudotetrasauropus augustus n. sp." = Pseudotetrasauropus bipedoida, Pseudotetrasauropus acutunguis n. sp.
"Pseudotetrasauropus augustus n. sp." = Pseudotetrasauropus bipedoida Ellenberger 1970 prosauropod PT3
Pseudotetrasauropus acutunguis n. sp. Ellenberger 1970 prosauropod | |
cf. Otozoum sp. Hitchcock 1847 prosauropod |