north flank, Likhoele Mountain (UCL): Hettangian - Sinemurian, Lesotho
collected by K. A. Kermack & Mussett 1963-1964
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Fabrosauridae
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Fabrosauridae indet.
Galton 1972
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Santa Luca 1984 | 2 individuals | ||||||||
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Reptilia
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Fabrosaurus australis
Ginsburg 1964
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Thulborn 1972 | 2 individuals | ||||||||
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= Fabrosauridae indet.
Galton 1972
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Charig and Crompton 1974 | |||||||||
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= Lesothosaurus diagnosticus n. gen., n. sp.
Galton 1978
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Galton 1978 | |||||||||
| BMNH RU B.17 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Lesotho | State/province: | Mafeteng |
| Coordinates: | 29.9° South, 27.3° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.4° South, 1.6° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Altitude: | 1651 meters | ||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Early/Lower Jurassic |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 1 | ||
| *Period: | Late/Upper Triassic | ||
| *International age/stage: | Carnian - Norian | ||
| Key time interval: | Hettangian - Sinemurian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 201.40000 - 192.90000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | ferruginous,black,gray,red lithified calcareous sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "The matrix is a tough medium-grained sandstone of bright red colour. The bones are preserved in grey or white calcareous material which is usually stained black, brown, or red...Each bone is enclosed within a coat of reddish-black ferruginous material." | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Associated major elements: | all |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,chemical,mechanical,field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | K. A. Kermack & Mussett | Collection dates: | 1963-1964 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Lesothosaurus type | ||
| Database number: | 28570 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2003-02-19 15:43:40 | Last modified: | 2017-07-14 14:54:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-02-19 15:43:40 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 7893. | R. A. Thulborn. 1970. The skull of Fabrosaurus australis, a Triassic ornithischian dinosaur. Palaeontology 13(3):414-432 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 14837 | ETE | R. J. Butler. 2005. The 'fabrosaurid' ornithischian dinosaurs of the Upper Elliot Formation (Lower Jurassic) of South Africa and Lesotho. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 145(2):175-218 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/R. Butler] |
| 24338 | ETE | A. J. Charig and A. W. Crompton. 1974. The alleged synonymy of Lycorhinus and Heterodontosaurus. Annals of the South African Museum 64:167-189 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 12660 | ETE | P. M. Galton. 1978. Fabrosauridae, the basal family of ornithischian dinosaurs (Reptilia: Ornithischia). Paläontologische Zeitschrift 52(1/2):138-159 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/J. Alroy] |
| 25375 | ETE | J. W. Kitching and M. A. Raath. 1984. Fossils from the Elliot and Clarens Formations (Karoo Sequence) of the northeastern Cape, Orange Free State and Lesotho, and a suggested biozonation based on tetrapods. Palaeontologia Africana 25:111-125 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 12138 | A. P. Santa Luca. 1984. Postcranial remains of Fabrosauridae (Reptilia: Ornithischia) from the Stormberg of southern Africa. Palaeontologia Africana 25:151-180 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/J. Head] | |
| 7894 | R. A. Thulborn. 1971. Tooth wear and jaw action in the Triassic ornithischian dinosaur Fabrosaurus. Journal of Zoology, London 164:165-179 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 7887 | R. A. Thulborn. 1972. The post-cranial skeleton of the Triassic ornithischian dinosaur Fabrosaurus australis. Palaeontology 15(1):29-60 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 61518 | D. B. Weishampel and J. B. Weishampel. 1983. Annotated localities of ornithopod dinosaurs: implications to Mesozoic paleobiogeography. The Mosasaur 1:43-87 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |