Morobong tracksite (Zone A/1) (Triassic to of Lesotho)

Where: Lesotho (30.4° S, 27.5° E: paleocoordinates 54.0° S, 2.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Molteno Formation (Stormberg Group), Carnian to Carnian (237.0 - 208.5 Ma)

• base of the Molteno section

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; massive, green, white sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, trace

Collected by P. Ellenberger

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: P. Ellenberger. 1970. Les niveaux paléontologiques de première apparition des mammifères primoridaux en Afrique du Sud et leur ichnologie. Establissement de zones stratigraphiques detaillees dans le Stormberg du Lesotho (Afrique du Sud) (Trias Supérieur à Jurassique) [The paleontological levels of the first appearance of primordial mammals in southern Africa and their ichnology. Establishment of detailed stratigraphic zones in the Stormberg of Lesotho (southern Africa) (Upper Triassic to Jurassic). In: S. H. Haughton (ed.), Second Symposium on Gondwana Stratigraphy and Paleontology, International Union of Geological Sciences. Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Pretoria 343-370 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 84061: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 16.09.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Dicynodontia -
"Pentasauropus morobongensis n. gen. n. sp." = Pentasauropus incredibilis
"Pentasauropus morobongensis n. gen. n. sp." = Pentasauropus incredibilis Ellenberger 1970 dicynodont
Reptilia
 Saurischia - Anchisauridae
Senqutrisauropus priscus n. gen. n. sp.
Senqutrisauropus priscus n. gen. n. sp. Ellenberger 1970 anchisaurid
 Saurischia - Thecodontosauridae
Pseudotrisauropus molekoi n. sp. Ellenberger 1970 sauropodomorph
Gymnospermopsida
 Corystospermales - Corystospermaceae
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Dadoxylon sp. Endlicher 1847