Mokkanametsong 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
- Moyenisauropodidae
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Masitisisauropezus minutus n. sp.
Ellenberger 1974
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Ellenberger 1974 | 6 individuals | ||||||||
| recombined as Anomoepus minutus | ||||||||||
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Moyenisauropus levicauda n. sp.
Ellenberger 1974
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Ellenberger 1974 | 8 individuals | ||||||||
| synonym of Anomoepus scambus | ||||||||||
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Masitisisauropodiscus turdus n. gen., n. sp.
(Ellenberger 1972)
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Ellenberger 1974 | 7 individuals | ||||||||
| recombined as Anomoepus turda | ||||||||||
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Masitisisauropodiscus fringilla n. sp.
Ellenberger 1974
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Ellenberger 1974 | 2 individuals | ||||||||
| recombined as Anomoepus fringilla | ||||||||||
| trackways AZ1, AZ2 | ||||||||||
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Moyenisauropus palmipes n. sp.
Ellenberger 1970
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10 individuals | |||||||||
| recombined as Anomoepus palmipes | ||||||||||
| varieties angustus, exiguus (elevated to species) | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Trisauropodiscus superavipes n. sp.
Ellenberger 1970
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Reptilia
- Grallatoridae
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Aetonychopus rapidus n. gen., n. sp.
Ellenberger 1972
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Ellenberger 1974 | 6 individuals | ||||||||
| recombined as Grallator rapidus | ||||||||||
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Platysauropus ingens
Ellenberger 1970
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| recombined as Plastisauropus ingens | ||||||||||
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Aetonychopus digitigradus n. sp.
Ellenberger 1972
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Ellenberger 1974 | 5 individuals | ||||||||
| recombined as Grallator digitigradus | ||||||||||
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Neotrisauropus deambulator
Ellenberger 1970
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| recombined as Grallator deambulator | ||||||||||
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Neotrisauropus mokanametsongensis n. sp.
Ellenberger 1974
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Ellenberger 1974 | 17 individuals | ||||||||
| recombined as Grallator mokanametsongensis | ||||||||||
| trackways A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, D1, D2, AC, C2, E1, E2, AE, AF1, AF2 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Chirotheriidae
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Synaptichnium motutongense n. sp.
Ellenberger 1974
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Ellenberger 1974 | 1 individual | ||||||||
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Reptilia
- Batrachopodidae
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Suchopus bakoenaorum n. gen., n. sp.
Ellenberger 1974
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Ellenberger 1974 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| recombined as Batrachopus bakoenaorum | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Moyenisauropodiscus perdiciforma n. gen., n. sp.
Ellenberger 1970
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Moyenisauropus minimus n. sp.
(Hitchcock 1862)
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3 individuals | |||||||||
| synonym of Anomoepus scambus | ||||||||||
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Masitisisauropus angustus n. sp.
Ellenberger 1972
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Ellenberger 1974 | 6 individuals | ||||||||
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Masitisisauropus exiguus n. sp.
Ellenberger 1972
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Ellenberger 1974 | 2 individuals | ||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Lesotho | State/province: | Quthing |
| Coordinates: | 30.4° South, 27.7° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 44.1° South, 1.4° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Altitude: | 1668 meters | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
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 |
| Lithology description: "pink sandstone, then red" | |
| 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: | good |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),peel or thin section,observed (not collected) |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Collectors: | P. Ellenberger |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Moyeni, Mokanametsong | ||
| Database number: | 84072 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-09-16 17:43:52 | Last modified: | 2021-06-02 15:38:21 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-09-16 17:43:52 |
| 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:
| 77042 | E. M. Bordy. 2021. Darting towards Storm Shelter: a minute dinosaur trackway from southern Africa. South African Journal of Science 117(3/4):9145:1-11 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 30917 | ETE | P. Ellenberger. 1974. Contribution à la classification des pistes de Vertébrés du Trias: les types du Stormberg d'Afrique du Sud (IIème partie: Le Stormberg superieur - I. Le biome de la zone B/1 ou niveau de Moyeni: ses biocénoses) [Contribution to the classification of the vertebrate tracks of the Triassic: the types from the Stormberg of South Africa (2nd part: The upper Stormberg - I. The biome of zone B/1 or Moyeni level: its biocoenoses]. Palaeovertebrata Mém. Ext.(1974):1-147 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |