Qalo tracksite: Pliensbachian, Lesotho
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Grallatoridae
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"Brontozoum" sp.
Hitchcock 1847
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| synonym of Eubrontes | |||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Lesotho |
| Coordinates: | 28.8° South, 28.2° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 41.7° South, 2.4° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Altitude: | 1764 meters |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Early/Lower Jurassic |
| Stage: | Pliensbachian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Pliensbachian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 192.90000 - 184.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | cast,trace |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | observed (not collected) |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 55998 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-11-10 07:44:41 | Last modified: | 2022-03-07 10:31:04 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-11-10 07:44:41 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 15104. | ETE | F. Ellenberger and P. Ellenberger. 1958. Principaux types de pistes de Vertébrés dans les couches du Stormberg au Basutoland (Afrique du Sud) (Note préliminaire) [Principal types of vertebrate prints in the Stormberg beds of Basutoland (South Africa) (preliminary note)]. Comptes Rendus de la Société géologique de France 1958:65-67 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 70980 | P. Ellenberger. 1972. Contribution à la classification des Pistes de Vertébrés du Trias: Les types du Stormberg d’Afrique du Sud (I) [Contribution to the classification of Triassic vertebrate footprints: the types from the Stormberg of South Africa (I)]. Palaeovertebrata Mem. Ext.(1972):1-152 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |