Spurwing Island, Lake Kariba: Carnian, Zimbabwe
collected by J. Geldennhuys

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Massospondylidae
1 individual
NHMZ QG 143, postcrania
see common names

Geography
Country:Zimbabwe State/province:Mashonaland West
Coordinates: 16.7° South, 28.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:42.0° South, 12.2° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Triassic Epoch: Late Triassic
Stage: Carnian 10 m.y. bin: Triassic 3
Key time interval: Carnian
Age range of interval: 237 - 227.3 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Karoo Formation:Pebbly Arkose
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Associated major elements:some
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:J. Geldennhuys
Metadata
Database number:220586
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2021-06-09 22:12:36 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2021-06-09 22:12:36
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
77101. L. Sciscio, P. A. Viglietti, P. M. Barrett, T. J. Broderick, D. Munyikwa, K. E. J. Chapelle, K. N. Dollman, S. F. Edwards, M. Zondo and J. N. Choiniere. 2021. Sedimentology and palaeontology of the Upper Karoo Group in the Mid-Zambezi Basin, Zimbabwe: new localities and their implications for interbasinal correlation. Geological Magazine 158:1035-1058 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]