farm Foutanie (310): Hettangian - Sinemurian, South Africa
collected by A. R. Walker 1920
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Thecodontosaurus skirtopodus
(Seeley 1892)
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1 specimen | ||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Prosauropoda | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | South Africa | State/province: | Free State | County: | Fouriesburg |
| Coordinates: | 28.6° South, 28.2° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 42.7° South, 0.2° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Altitude: | 1801 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
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Associated major elements: | all |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | A. R. Walker | Collection dates: | 1920s |
Metadata
| Database number: | 36686 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-02-09 10:18:12 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-02-09 10:18:12 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 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] |
Secondary references:
| 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] |
| 23520 | ETE | D. B. Weishampel, P. M. Barrett, R. A. Coria, J. Le Loeuff, X. Xu, X. Zhao, A. Sahni, E. M. P. Gomani, and C. R. Noto. 2004. Dinosaur distribution. In D. B. Weishampel, H. Osmolska, and P. Dodson (eds.), The Dinosauria (2nd edition). University of California Press, Berkeley 517-606 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |