Where: Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe (22.2° S, 29.5° E: paleocoordinates 37.4° S, 5.2° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Forest Sandstone Formation (Karoo Group), Hettangian to Hettangian (201.3 - 190.8 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; fine-grained, nodular sandstone and red sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Thompson in 1975
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: A. O. Thompson. 1975. The Karoo rocks in the Mazinga area, Beitbridge District. Rhodesia Geological Survey Short Report 40:1-79 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 65343: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 21.09.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768 reptile |