Klein Etjo locality, Farm Etjo North 93: Anisian, Namibia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Traversodontidae
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Etjoia dentitransitus n. gen., n. sp.
Hendrickx et al. 2020
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| GSN F1591 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Namibia | State/province: | Omingonde Basin |
| Coordinates: | 21.1° South, 16.4° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 53.6° South, 11.7° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Middle Triassic |
| Stage: | Anisian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Anisian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 247.2 - 242 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Local order: | bottom to top |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | massive,red siltstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | dry floodplain |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | south-eastern side of Etjo Mountain, Waterg Plateau Park | ||
| Database number: | 214295 | ||
| Authorizer: | G. Lloyd | Enterer: | G. Lloyd | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2020-09-23 06:01:58 | Last modified: | 2020-09-23 06:01:58 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2020-09-23 06:01:58 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 73870. | C. Hendrickx, L. C. Gaetano, J. N. Choiniere, H. Mocke, and F. Abdala. 2020. A new traversodontid cynodont with a peculiar postcanine dentition from the Middle/Late Triassic of Namibia and dental evolution in basal gomphodonts. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 18(29):1669-1706 [G. Lloyd/G. Lloyd] |