Grassy Ridge (Triassic of South Africa)

Also known as Grass Ridge, Grassridge

Where: Eastern Cape, South Africa (31.8° S, 25.4° E: paleocoordinates 65.0° S, 23.6° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Katberg Formation (Beaufort Group), Induan (252.2 - 251.2 Ma)

• "lowermost triassic"; see also comments on locality

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; limestone

• "The type of Noteosuchus colletti is preserved in a roughly circular block of waterworn limestone, termed a 'nodule' by early describers"

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: mechanical,

• "Because the matrix was exceedingly hard and the bone comparatively soft, it was decided rather to remove the bone mechanically. This resulted in the exposure of extremely high fidelity moulds of both dorsal and ventral surfaces. These were cast with liquid latex."

Primary reference: R. L. Carroll. 1976. Noteosuchus—the oldest known rhynchosaur. Annals of the South African Museum 72(3):37-57 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 85942: authorized by Johannes Mueller, entered by Torsten Liebrecht on 20.01.2009

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Rhynchosauria -
"Eosuchus colletti n. gen. n. sp." = Noteosuchus colletti
"Eosuchus colletti n. gen. n. sp." = Noteosuchus colletti Watson 1912 rhynchosaur
AMSA 3591