Colesberg prosauropod (Jurassic of South Africa)

Where: Northern Cape, South Africa (30.7° S, 25.1° E: paleocoordinates 42.1° S, 6.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Stormberg Group, Early/Lower Jurassic (201.4 - 174.7 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; yellow sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Ward; reposited in the FMNH

Collection methods: mechanical,

• from collection of Mr. Ward of Rochester, acquired by Field Museum

Primary reference: F. v. Huene. 1911. Über einen Dinosaurierfuss aus der Trias von Südafrika [On a dinosaur foot from the Triassic of South Africa]. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie 1911(2):43-45 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 59215: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 21.03.2006

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Saurischia -
? Massospondylus harriesi Broom 1911 prosauropod
foot