List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gymnospermopsida
- Corystospermales
- Corystospermaceae
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Dicroidium cf. lancifolia
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Ellenberger 1972 | ||||||
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Equisetopsida
- Araucariaceae
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Dadoxylon sp.
Endlicher 1847
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Ellenberger 1972 | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Thecodontosauridae
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Pseudotrisauropus molekoi n. sp.
Ellenberger 1970
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Ellenberger 1972 | 1 individual | |||||
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Reptilia
- Anchisauridae
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Senqutrisauropus priscus n. gen., n. sp.
Ellenberger 1970
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1 individual | ||||||
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Anomodontia
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Pentasauropus morobongensis n. gen., n. sp.
Ellenberger 1970
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1 individual | ||||||
| synonym of Pentasauropus incredibilis | |||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Lesotho |
| Coordinates: | 30.4° South, 27.5° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 54.0° South, 2.6° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | massive,green,white sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,mold/impression,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: | surface (in situ),observed (not collected) |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Collectors: | P. Ellenberger |
Metadata
| Database number: | 84061 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-09-16 12:56:31 | Last modified: | 2019-11-19 15:27:50 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-09-16 12:56:31 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 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] |
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] |