Barnard's Spruit, Aliwal North (zone A/5): Norian - Rhaetian, South Africa
collected by A. Brown 1863

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Orosaurus n. gen. sp. Huxley 1866
1 individual
originally Orosaurus (no species name); BMNH R1626
    = Orinosaurus capensis n. gen., n. sp. Lydekker 1889
Lydekker 1889
nomen dubium belonging to Prosauropoda
Aliwalia rex n. gen., n. sp. Galton 1985
Galton 1985 1 element
synonym of Eucnemesaurus fortis
NMV 1889-XV-39, 1876-VII-B124, proximal and distal ends of a left femur
Euskelesaurus brownii n. gen., n. sp. Huxley 1866
2 individuals
nomen dubium belonging to Sauropodomorpha
BMNH 1625a-c
Archosauria indet. (Cope 1869)
Yates 2007 4 specimens
BMNH R3301, large left premaxilla and carnivorous teeth, probably representing a rausuchian or a theropod. NMHW 1876-VII-B-111, 112, and 113, jaw fragments
    = Basutodon ferax
Kammerer 2018
Anomodontia - Stahleckeriidae
Pentasaurus goggai n. gen., n. sp. Kammerer 2018
Kammerer 2018 7 specimens
NHMW 1876-VII-B-114 (Holotype: partial mandible). Referred material: NHMW 1876-VII-B-115, a partial left ulna; NHMW 1876-VII-B-121, a partial left scapulocoracoid; NHMW 1876-VII-B-122, a partial left pubis and ischium; NHMW 1876-VII-B-123, the distal end of a left humerus; NHMW 1876-VII-B-128, the proximal tip of a right tibia; NHMW 1876-VII-B-129, a partial long bone (?radius); NHMW 1886-XV-15, a partial cervical vertebra. NOTE: in paper, this species is stated as "probably" originating from this locality (as per Galton & Van Heerden, 1998)
see common names

Geography
Country:South Africa State/province:Eastern Cape
Coordinates: 31.0° South, 26.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:50.0° South, 3.0° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Altitude:1548 meters
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Late/Upper Triassic
10 m.y. bin:Triassic 4
Key time interval:Norian - Rhaetian
Age range of interval:228.00000 - 201.30000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Stormberg Formation:Elliot Member:Lower
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: base of formation ("Red Beds")
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Degree of concentration:dispersed
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Associated major elements:some
Disassociated major elements:some
Disassociated minor elements:some
Fragmentation:frequent
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:BMNH,MNHN
Collectors:A. Brown Collection dates:1863
Collection method comments: sent to London, Paris, and Vienna, but all from "the same spot", and collected by Mr. Alfred Brown ("Gogga"). Donated by Brown and Consul Adler of Port Elizabeth.
Metadata
Database number:36610
Authorizer:M. Carrano, R. Butler Enterer:M. Carrano, R. Butler, E. Dunne
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2004-02-06 12:52:59 Last modified:2017-08-03 14:41:40
Access level:the public Released:2004-02-06 12:52:59
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

13242.ETE T. H. Huxley. 1866. On some remains of large dinosaurian reptiles from the Stormberg Mountains, South Africa. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 23(1):1-6 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

9841 R. Broom. 1911. On the dinosaurs of the Stormberg, South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 7(4):291-308 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
28154ETE P. Ellenberger. 1970. Les niveaux paléontologiques de première apparition des mammifères primoridaux en Afrique du Sud et leur ichnologie. Establissement de zones stratigraphiques detaillees dans le Stormberg du Lesotho (Afrique du Sud) (Trias Supérieur à Jurassique) [The paleontological levels of the first appearance of primordial mammals in southern Africa and their ichnology. Establishment of detailed stratigraphic zones in the Stormberg of Lesotho (southern Africa) (Upper Triassic to Jurassic). In: S. H. Haughton (ed.), Second Symposium on Gondwana Stratigraphy and Paleontology, International Union of Geological Sciences. Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Pretoria 343-370 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
23674ETE P. Fischer. 1870. Recherches sur les reptiles fossiles de l'Afrique australe [Studies on the fossil reptiles of southern Africa]. Nouvelles Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, Mémoires 6:163-200 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
92795% 21520P. M. Galton. 1985. The poposaurid thecodontian Teratosaurus suevicus v. Meyer, plus referred specimens mostly based on prosauropod dinosaurs, from the Middle Stubensandstein (Upper Triassic) of Nordwürttemberg. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 116:1-29 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/J. Alroy]
17408ETE P. M. Galton and J. Van Heerden. 1998. Anatomy of the prosauropod dinosaur Blikanasaurus cromptoni (Upper Triassic, South Africa), with notes on the other tetrapods from the lower Elliot Formation. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 72(1/2):163-177 [M. Carrano/K. Maguire/J. Alroy]
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]
23344ETE S. H. Haughton and A. S. Brink. 1954. A bibliographical list of Reptilia from the Karroo Beds of South Africa. Palaeontologia Africana 2:1-187 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/S. Hellert]
9816 J. v. Heerden. 1979. The morphology and taxonomy of Euskelosaurus (Reptilia: Saurischia; Late Triassic) from South Africa. Navorsinge van die Nasionale Museum 4(2):23-84 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
62966 F. v. Huene. 1914. I: Animalia. Pars 4. Saurischia et Ornithischia triadica (“Dinosauria” triadica). 1-20 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
66006 C. F. Kammerer. 2017. Rediscovery of the holotype of Clelandina major Broom, 1948 (Gorgonopsia: Rubidgeinae) with implications for the identity of this species. Palaeontologia africana 52:85-88 [R. Butler/R. Butler]
65012 C. F. Kammerer. 2018. The first skeletal evidence of a dicynodont from the lower Elliot Formation of South Africa. Palaeontologia africana 52:102-128 [R. Butler/E. Dunne]
25375ETE 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]
14156ETE R. Lydekker. 1889. Notes on new and other dinosaurian remains. Geological Magazine, decade 3 6(8):352-356 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
56187 B. W. McPhee, J. N. Choiniere, A. M. Yates and P. A. Viglietti. 2015. A second species of Eucnemesaurus Van Hoepen, 1920 (Dinosauria, Sauropodomorpha): new information on the diversity and evolution of the sauropodomorph fauna of South Africa's lower Elliot Formation (latest Triassic). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35(5):e980504:1-24 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/M. Carrano]
53448 H. G. Seeley. 1892. Contribution to a knowledge of the Saurischia of Europe and Africa. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 48:188-191 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
53460 H. G. Seeley. 1894. On Euskelesaurus brownii (Huxley). Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 6 14(83):317-340 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
14927ETE A. M. Yates. 2005. Solving a dinosaurian puzzle: the identity of Aliwalia rex revealed. In A. W. A. Kellner, D. D. R. Henriques, and T. Rodrigues (eds.), II Congresso Latino-Americano de Paleontologia de Vertebrados, Boletim de Resumos. Museum Nacional/UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro 274-275 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
35696 A. M. Yates. 2007. Solving a dinosaurian puzzle: the identity of Aliwalia rex Galton. Historical Biology 19(1):93-123 [R. Butler/R. Butler/M. Carrano]