Also known as Tsanatalana
Where: Mafeteng, Lesotho (29.8° S, 27.3° E: paleocoordinates 53.4° S, 2.4° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Molteno Formation (Stormberg Group), Carnian to Carnian (237.0 - 208.5 Ma)
• upper Molteno, zone A/3
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; gray 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 84069: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 16.09.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Amphibia | |
Batrachopodiscus tsanatalani n. gen. n. sp., Batrachopodiscus curvus n. sp.
Batrachopodiscus tsanatalani n. gen. n. sp. Ellenberger 1970 tetrapod
Batrachopodiscus curvus n. sp. Ellenberger 1970 tetrapod |