Masitise tracksite (zone B/2): Hettangian - Sinemurian, Lesotho
collected by P. Ellenberger
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Batrachopodidae
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Plateotetrapodiscus rugosus n. gen., n. sp.
Ellenberger 1970
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| recombined as Batrachopus rugosus | |||||||
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Nanopodiscus tenuis n. gen., n. sp.
Ellenberger 1970
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| recombined as Batrachopus tenuis | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Lesotho | State/province: | Quthing |
| Coordinates: | 30.4° South, 27.5° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 44.0° South, 1.7° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Altitude: | 1671 meters | ||
| 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: | red sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression,trace |
| Degree of concentration: | concentrated |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| 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: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collectors: | P. Ellenberger |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Masitisi | ||
| Database number: | 84064 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-09-16 14:31:28 | Last modified: | 2015-06-24 10:26:22 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-09-16 14:31:28 |
| 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] |