List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anomodontia
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Pentasauropus maphutsengi n. sp.
Ellenberger 1970
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Ellenberger 1970 | 1 individual | ||||||||
synonym of Pentasauropus incredibilis | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Chirotheriidae
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Deuterosauropodopus major n. gen., n. sp.
Ellenberger 1970
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Ellenberger 1970 | 3 individuals | ||||||||
synonym of Sauropodopus antiquus | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Batrachopodidae
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cf. Comptichnus sp.
Hitchcock 1865
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1 individual | |||||||||
= Comptichnus moorosi n. sp.
Ellenberger 1970
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Ellenberger 1970 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Grallatoridae
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Saurischia indet.
Seeley 1888
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1 individual | |||||||||
Grallator or Eubrontes type | ||||||||||
= Deuterotrisauropus socialis n. gen., n. sp.
Ellenberger 1970
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Ellenberger 1970 | |||||||||
recombined as Grallator socialis | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Trisauropodiscus superaviforma n. sp.
Ellenberger 1970
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Ellenberger 1970 | 2 individuals | ||||||||
cf. Anomoepus sp.
Hitchcock 1848
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aviform tracks | ||||||||||
= Trisauropodiscus aviforma n. sp.
Ellenberger 1970
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Ellenberger 1970 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Avetheropoda
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Mafatrisauropus errans n. gen., n. sp.
Ellenberger 1970
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Ellenberger 1970 | 2 individuals | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Theromorpha
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Theromorpha indet.
Cope 1878
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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 |
Stratigraphy
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] | |
28154 | ETE | 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] |