Where: Mashonaland Central, Zimbabwe (16.1° S, 30.1° E: paleocoordinates 50.5° S, 11.6° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Pebbly Arkose Formation (Karoo Group), Carnian (237.0 - 228.0 Ma)
• considered equivalent to the Molteno Formation of South Africa and of "Ischigualastian" age; Carnian
Environment/lithology: "floodplain"; graded, fine-grained, micaceous, pyritic, brown sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Oesterlen, Raath in 1988, 1990
Collection methods: surface (float),
Primary reference: M. A. Raath, P. M. Oesterlen, and J. W. Kitching. 1992. First record of Triassic Rhynchosauria (Reptilia: Diapsida) from the Lower Zambezi Valley, Zimbabwe. Palaeontologia Africana 29:1-10 [R. Butler/R. Butler/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 94782: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 15.03.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Hyperodapedon sp. Huxley 1859 rhynchosaur |