farm Vastrap (804) ("middle" Elliot): Hettangian - Sinemurian, South Africa
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Massospondylidae
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cf. Massospondylus sp.
Owen 1854
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Reptilia
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Syntarsus sp.
Raath 1969
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Tritylodontidae
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Tritylodon sp.
Owen 1884
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Geography
| Country: | South Africa | State/province: | Free State | County: | Ladybrand |
| Coordinates: | 29.1° South, 27.3° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 42.8° South, 1.1° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| 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 |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Museum repositories: | BPI |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Ladybrand | ||
| Database number: | 75262 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-10-01 07:06:01 | Last modified: | 2023-11-08 10:02:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-10-01 07:06:01 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 25375. | ETE | J. W. Kitching and M. A. Raath. 1984. Fossils from the Elliot and Clarens Formations (Karoo Sequence) of the northeastern Cape, Orange Free State and Lesotho, and a suggested biozonation based on tetrapods. Palaeontologia Africana 25:111-125 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |