Likhoele tracksite (zone B/5): Pliensbachian, Lesotho
collected by P. Ellenberger
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Grallatoridae
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Kainotrisauropus morijensis
Ellenberger 1970
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| recombined as Grallator morijensis | |||||||
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Reptilia
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Kainomoyenisauropus ranivorus n. gen., n. sp.
Ellenberger 1970
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| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Lesotho |
| Coordinates: | 29.9° South, 27.3° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 42.2° South, 4.2° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Altitude: | 1651 meters |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Early/Lower Jurassic |
| Stage: | Pliensbachian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Pliensbachian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 192.90000 - 184.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | fine,green sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression,trace |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| 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: | 84068 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-09-16 15:19:47 | Last modified: | 2022-03-07 10:32:50 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-09-16 15:19:47 |
| 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] |