Farm Waterfall (well), Bubi: Hettangian - Sinemurian, Zimbabwe
collected 1916
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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aff. Gryponyx africanus
Broom 1911
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| "nearest South African ally", "Gyposaurus africanus" (sic) | ||||||||||
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= ? Thecodontosaurus sp.
Riley and Stutchbury 1836
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Bond 1955 | |||||||||
| possibly lost | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Zimbabwe | State/province: | Matabeleland North | County: | Nyamandhlovu |
| Coordinates: | 19.9° South, 28.9° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.1° South, 5.7° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Altitude: | 1351 meters | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
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
| Geological group: | Karoo | Formation: | Forest Sandstone |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | white sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "white sandstone" | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Disassociated major elements: | all |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Encrustation: | none |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | core,salvage,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | Collection dates: | 1916 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 35297 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2003-11-25 14:31:42 | Last modified: | 2017-09-21 16:15:39 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-11-25 14:31:42 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 9522. | H. B. Maufe. 1916. (Discovery of dinosaurian remains in the Forest Sandstones of Southern Rhodesia). Transactions of the Geological Society of South Africa 17(Proceeding):xxxiii-xxxiv [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 15499 | ETE | J. Attridge. 1963. The Upper Triassic Karroo deposits and fauna of southern Rhodesia. South African Journal of Science 59(5):242-247 [M. Carrano/K. Maguire/M. Carrano] |
| 26977 | ETE | G. Bond. 1955. A note on dinosaur remains from the Forest Sandstone (Upper Karroo). Occasional Papers of the National Museums of Southern Rhodesia 2(20):795-800 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 63435 | G. Bond. 1972. Milestones in Rhodesian paleontology (1901–1971). Transactions of the Geological Society of South Africa 75(2):151-158 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 59099 | R. Furon. 1963. Geology of Africa. xii-377 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 9818 | S. H. Haughton. 1924. The fauna and stratigraphy of the Stormberg Series. Annals of the South African Museum 12:323-497 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |