new theropod tracksite, Ntumbe River: Middle Jurassic - Late Jurassic, Zimbabwe
collected by Ait-Kaci Ahmed 2010
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
| 1 individual | ||||||||||
| trackway with 12 tracks; large | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Zimbabwe | State/province: | Mashonaland West | County: | Hurungwe |
| Coordinates: | 16.2° South, 30.0° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.4° South, 16.9° East (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Middle Jurassic - Late Jurassic |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 3-5 - Jurassic 5-6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Middle Jurassic - Late Jurassic | ||
| Age range of interval: | 174.7 - 145 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Dande Sandstone |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression,trace |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Associated major elements: | many |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),observed (not collected) | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Collectors: | Ait-Kaci Ahmed | Collection dates: | 2010s |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Chiwore, Site 7 | ||
| Database number: | 231195 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2023-08-07 14:00:38 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2023-08-07 14:00:38 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 85588. | A. Ait-Kaci Ahmed. 2015. The Ntumbe River Dinosaur Footprint Sites (Lower Zambezi Valley, Chewore South). Geological Society of Zimbabwe Field Excursion Guidebook 1-14 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |