Also known as Moyeni, Mokanametsong
Where: Quthing, Lesotho (30.4° S, 27.7° E: paleocoordinates 44.1° S, 1.4° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Upper Member (Elliot Formation), Hettangian to Hettangian (201.3 - 190.8 Ma)
• "upper Red Beds"
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; red sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, trace
Collected by P. Ellenberger
Collection methods: surface (in situ), peel or thin section,
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: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 84072: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 16.09.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Reptilia | |
Synaptichnium motutongense n. sp.
Synaptichnium motutongense n. sp. Ellenberger 1974 archosaur | |
"Suchopus bakoenaorum n. gen. n. sp." = Batrachopus bakoenaorum
"Suchopus bakoenaorum n. gen. n. sp." = Batrachopus bakoenaorum Ellenberger 1974 aetosaur | |
"Masitisisauropodiscus fringilla n. sp." = Anomoepus fringilla, "Moyenisauropus levicauda n. sp." = Anomoepus scambus, "Masitisisauropodiscus turdus n. gen. n. sp." = Anomoepus turda, "Moyenisauropus palmipes n. sp." = Anomoepus palmipes, "Masitisisauropezus minutus n. sp." = Anomoepus minutus
"Masitisisauropodiscus fringilla n. sp." = Anomoepus fringilla Ellenberger 1974 ornithopod trackways AZ1, AZ2
"Moyenisauropus levicauda n. sp." = Anomoepus scambus Hitchcock 1848 ornithopod
"Masitisisauropodiscus turdus n. gen. n. sp." = Anomoepus turda Ellenberger 1972 ornithopod
"Moyenisauropus palmipes n. sp." = Anomoepus palmipes Ellenberger 1970 ornithopod varieties angustus, exiguus (elevated to species)
"Masitisisauropezus minutus n. sp." = Anomoepus minutus Ellenberger 1974 ornithopod | |
"Aetonychopus digitigradus n. sp." = Grallator digitigradus, "Neotrisauropus deambulator" = Grallator deambulator, "Aetonychopus rapidus n. gen. n. sp." = Grallator rapidus, "Platysauropus ingens" = Plastisauropus ingens, "Neotrisauropus mokanametsongensis n. sp." = Grallator mokanametsongensis
"Aetonychopus digitigradus n. sp." = Grallator digitigradus Ellenberger 1972 theropod
"Neotrisauropus deambulator" = Grallator deambulator Ellenberger 1970 theropod
"Aetonychopus rapidus n. gen. n. sp." = Grallator rapidus Ellenberger 1972 theropod
"Platysauropus ingens" = Plastisauropus ingens Ellenberger 1970 theropod
"Neotrisauropus mokanametsongensis n. sp." = Grallator mokanametsongensis Ellenberger 1974 theropod trackways A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, D1, D2, AC, C2, E1, E2, AE, AF1, AF2
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Trisauropodiscus superavipes n. sp.
Trisauropodiscus superavipes n. sp. Ellenberger 1970 coelurosaur | |
| Moyenisauropodiscus perdiciforma | |
Moyenisauropodiscus perdiciforma n. gen. n. sp.
Moyenisauropodiscus perdiciforma n. gen. n. sp. Ellenberger 1970 | |
Masitisisauropus exiguus n. sp., Masitisisauropus angustus n. sp., "Moyenisauropus minimus n. sp." = Masitisisauropezus minimus
Masitisisauropus exiguus n. sp. Ellenberger 1972
Masitisisauropus angustus n. sp. Ellenberger 1972
"Moyenisauropus minimus n. sp." = Masitisisauropezus minimus Hitchcock 1862 | |