Phuthiatsana tracksite (zone A/3) (Triassic of Lesotho)

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
 Theropoda -
Theropoda indet. Marsh 1881 theropod
bipedal saurischians
 Theropoda - Grallatoridae
"Prototrisauropus rectilineus n. sp." = Grallator rectilineus
"Prototrisauropus rectilineus n. sp." = Grallator rectilineus Ellenberger 1970 theropod
 Avetheropoda -
Bosiutrisauropus phuthiatsani n. gen. n. sp. Ellenberger 1970 carnosaur
 Saurischia -
"Tetrasauropus jaquesi n. sp." = Pseudotetrasauropus jaquesi, "Pseudotetrasauropus augustus n. sp." = Pseudotetrasauropus bipedoida, Pseudotetrasauropus acutunguis n. sp.
"Tetrasauropus jaquesi n. sp." = Pseudotetrasauropus jaquesi Ellenberger 1970 prosauropod
PT2
"Pseudotetrasauropus augustus n. sp." = Pseudotetrasauropus bipedoida Ellenberger 1970 prosauropod
PT3
Pseudotetrasauropus acutunguis n. sp. Ellenberger 1970 prosauropod
 Saurischia - Otozoidae
cf. Otozoum sp. Hitchcock 1847 prosauropod