List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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cf. Melanorosaurus sp.
Haughton 1924
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Kitching and Raath 1984 | |||||||||
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Traversodontidae
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Scalenodontoides macrodontes n. gen., n. sp.
Crompton and Ellenberger 1957
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2 individuals | |||||||||
| MNHN 1957-23 (holotype), paired dentaries. SAM K336, right snout | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Lesotho | State/province: | Mohale's Hoek |
| Coordinates: | 30.5° South, 27.5° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 50.0° South, 1.7° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Stormberg | Formation: | Elliot | Member: | Lower |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Site was initially described as being in the upper part of the Molteno Formation, but actually appears to be lower Elliot (see Kitching & Raath 1984); "zone A/3" of Ellenberger (1970) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | red "siliciclastic" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | Collection dates: | 1956 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 105770 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler | Enterer: | R. Butler |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-02-25 01:40:01 | Last modified: | 2015-06-24 10:56:37 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-02-25 01:40:01 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 35306. | A. W. Crompton and F. Ellenberger. 1957. On a new cynodont from the Molteno Beds and the origin of the tritylodontids. Annals of the South African Museum 44:1-14 [R. Butler/R. Butler] |
Secondary references:
| 35726 | B. Battail. 2005. Late Triassic traversodontids (Synapsida: Cynodontia) in southern Africa. Palaeontologia africana 41:67-80 [R. Butler/R. Butler] | |
| 29897 | J. A. Hopson. 1984. Late Triassic traversodont cynodonts from Nova Scotia and southern Africa. Palaeontologia africana 25:181-201 [R. Butler/R. Butler] | |
| 25375 | ETE | J. W. Kitching and M. A. Raath. 1984. Fossils from the Elliot and Clarens Formations (Karoo Sequence) of the northeastern Cape, Orange Free State and Lesotho, and a suggested biozonation based on tetrapods. Palaeontologia Africana 25:111-125 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |