Maphutseng II tracksite (zone A/4): Norian - Rhaetian, Lesotho
collected by P. Ellenberger 1955-1959

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anomodontia
Pentasauropus maphutsengi n. sp. Ellenberger 1970
Ellenberger 1970 1 individual
synonym of Pentasauropus incredibilis
Reptilia - Chirotheriidae
Deuterosauropodopus major n. gen., n. sp. Ellenberger 1970
Ellenberger 1970 3 individuals
synonym of Sauropodopus antiquus
Reptilia - Batrachopodidae
cf. Comptichnus sp. Hitchcock 1865
1 individual
    = Comptichnus moorosi n. sp. Ellenberger 1970
Ellenberger 1970
Reptilia - Grallatoridae
Saurischia indet. Seeley 1888
1 individual
Grallator or Eubrontes type
    = Deuterotrisauropus socialis n. gen., n. sp. Ellenberger 1970
Ellenberger 1970
recombined as Grallator socialis
Reptilia
Trisauropodiscus superaviforma n. sp. Ellenberger 1970
Ellenberger 1970 2 individuals
cf. Anomoepus sp. Hitchcock 1848
aviform tracks
    = Trisauropodiscus aviforma n. sp. Ellenberger 1970
Ellenberger 1970
Reptilia - Avetheropoda
Mafatrisauropus errans n. gen., n. sp. Ellenberger 1970
Ellenberger 1970 2 individuals
Reptilia - Theromorpha
Theromorpha indet. Cope 1878
see common names

Geography
Country:Lesotho State/province:Mohale's Hoek
Coordinates: 30.2° South, 27.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:49.7° South, 1.4° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Altitude:1510 meters
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Late/Upper Triassic
10 m.y. bin:Triassic 4
Key time interval:Norian - Rhaetian
Age range of interval:228.00000 - 201.30000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Stormberg Formation:Elliot Member:Lower
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: lower "Red Beds"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:current ripples,"cross stratification",gray,green,white poorly lithified sandstone
Secondary lithology:red sandy claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "soft, feldspathic sandstone...with cross-stratification""
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:cast,trace
Degree of concentration:concentrated
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Spatial orientation:life position
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Associated major elements:many
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Spatial resolution:autochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (float),surface (in situ),field collection,observed (not collected)
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:P. Ellenberger Collection dates:1955-1959
Metadata
Also known as:Maphutseng-Majakaneng
Database number:56020
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-11-10 11:08:02 Last modified:2022-05-03 16:15:38
Access level:the public Released:2005-11-10 11:08:02
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

15108.ETE F. Ellenberger and P. Ellenberger. 1960. Sur une nouvelle dalle à pistes de Vertébrés, decouverte au Basutoland (Afrique du Sud) [On a new find of vertebrate prints, discovered in Basutoland (South Africa)]. Comptes Rendus de la Société géologique de France 1960:236-238 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

69455 F. Ellenberger, P. Ellenberger, and L. Ginsburg. 1970. Les Dinosaures du Trias et du Lias en France et en Afrique du Sud, d'après les pistes qu'ils ont laissées [The Triassic and Liassic dinosaurs in France and South Africa, after their prints]. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, 7e série 12(1):151-159 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
28154ETE P. Ellenberger. 1970. Les niveaux paléontologiques de première apparition des mammifères primoridaux en Afrique du Sud et leur ichnologie. Establissement de zones stratigraphiques detaillees dans le Stormberg du Lesotho (Afrique du Sud) (Trias Supérieur à Jurassique) [The paleontological levels of the first appearance of primordial mammals in southern Africa and their ichnology. Establishment of detailed stratigraphic zones in the Stormberg of Lesotho (southern Africa) (Upper Triassic to Jurassic). In: S. H. Haughton (ed.), Second Symposium on Gondwana Stratigraphy and Paleontology, International Union of Geological Sciences. Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Pretoria 343-370 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
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]
35638 F. Knoll. 2004. Review of the tetrapod fauna of the "Lower Stormberg Group" of the main Karoo Basin (southern Africa): implication for the age of the Lower Elliot Formation. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 175(1):73-83 [R. Butler/R. Butler/M. Carrano]