Gwarriekop farm, Senekal: Spathian, South Africa
collected by B. Azzie 1994
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Mastodonsauridae
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Kestrosaurus sp.
Haughton 1925
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| BP/1/5524/1-4, 5527/1-7, 5528/1-7,9, 5529/1-10 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | South Africa | State/province: | Free State | County: | Senekal |
| Coordinates: | 28.3° South, 27.7° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 65.3° South, 11.2° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Early Triassic |
| Stage: | Olenekian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 1 |
| Key time interval: | Spathian | Other zone: | Cynognathus Assemblage Zone Subzone A |
| Age range of interval: | 248.9 - 247.2 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Beaufort |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
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: | field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | BPI | ||
| Collectors: | B. Azzie | Collection dates: | 1994 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 145593 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler | Enterer: | R. Butler |
| Modifier: | R. Butler | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-06-06 17:15:59 | Last modified: | 2013-06-06 02:17:20 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-06-06 17:15:59 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 47080. | M. A. Shishkin, B. S. Rubidge, J. Hanox and J. Welman. 2004. Re-evaluation of Kestrosaurus Haughton, a capitosaurid temnospondyl amphibian from the Upper Beaufort Group of South Africa. Russian Journal of Herpetology 11(2):121-138 [R. Butler/R. Butler] |