Syntarsus site, farm Paradys (104): Hettangian - Sinemurian, South Africa
collected 1981
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
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Syntarsus rhodesiensis
Raath 1969
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1 individual | |||||||||
BP/1/5278 | ||||||||||
= ? Dracovenator regenti
Yates 2005
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Yates 2005 | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | South Africa | State/province: | Free State | County: | Ladybrand |
Coordinates: | 27.0° South, 27.0° East (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 40.8° South, 0.1° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Early/Lower Jurassic |
10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 1 | ||
Key time interval: | Hettangian - Sinemurian | ||
Age range of interval: | 201.40000 - 192.90000 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | fine,hematitic,red lithified silty mudstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: "hard mudrock matrix...a haematite crust...a matrix of fine-grained, pinkish-maroon silty mudstone" | |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | excellent |
Associated major elements: | all |
Fragmentation: | frequent |
Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | mechanical,field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Museum repositories: | BPI | Collection dates: | 1981 |
Metadata
Database number: | 45530 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2004-10-29 13:42:29 | Last modified: | 2023-11-08 09:55:40 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-10-29 13:42:29 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
11945. | ETE | D. Munyikwa and M. A. Raath. 1999. Further material of the ceratosaurian dinosaur Syntarsus from the Elliot Formation (Early Jurassic) of South Africa. Palaeontologia Africana 35:55-59 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
25373 | ETE | A. M. Yates. 2005. A new theropod dinosaur from the Early Jurassic of South Africa and its implications for the early evolution of theropods. Palaeontologia Africana 41:105-122 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |