17 km west of Kirkwood: Berriasian - Valanginian, South Africa
collected by C. Ross & W. De Klerk 1996
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
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Nqwebasaurus thwazi n. gen., n. sp.
de Klerk et al. 2000
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de Klerk et al. 2000 | 2 individuals | ||||||||
| AM 6040, AM uncat. (second individual) (6 measurements) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | South Africa | State/province: | Eastern Cape |
| Coordinates: | 33.4° South, 25.3° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 44.5° South, 11.8° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 1 | ||
| Key time interval: | Berriasian - Valanginian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 145.00000 - 132.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | paleosol/pedogenic,coarse,red or brown mudstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "coarse red-brown mudstone paleosol facies"; "mudstone paleosols" | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Articulated whole bodies: | all |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Collectors: | C. Ross & W. De Klerk | Collection dates: | 1996 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 51903 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | K. Maguire |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-06-30 11:27:50 | Last modified: | 2022-04-04 08:45:55 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-06-30 11:27:50 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 69686. | P. C. Sereno. 2017. Early Cretaceous ornithomimosaurs (Dinosauria: Coelurosauria) from Africa. Ameghiniana 54(5):576-616 [G. Lloyd/G. Lloyd/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 13821 | ETE | W. J. de Klerk, C. A. Forster, S. D. Sampson, A. Chinsamy, and C. F. Ross. 2000. A new coelurosaurian dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of South Africa. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20(2):324-332 [M. Carrano/K. Maguire/M. Carrano] |