Witkop, Jamestown (zone A/6): Norian - Rhaetian, South Africa
collected by R. Broom & D. R. Kannemeyer 1915
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Plateosaurus stormbergensis n. sp.
Broom 1915
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2 individuals | |||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Prosauropoda | ||||||||||
| AMNH 5605 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | South Africa | State/province: | Eastern Cape | County: | Albert |
| Coordinates: | 31.1° South, 26.8° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 50.2° South, 2.9° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Altitude: | 1454 meters | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
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: | some |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated minor elements: | some |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | AMNH | ||
| Collectors: | R. Broom & D. R. Kannemeyer | Collection dates: | 1915 |
| Collection method comments: includes collection by Broom and later discovery of 2 phalanges at same site by D. R. Kannemeyer | |||
Metadata
| Database number: | 36739 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-02-11 13:41:50 | Last modified: | 2015-06-24 10:35:51 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-02-11 13:41:50 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 17006. | ETE | R. Broom. 1915. Catalogue of types and figured specimens of fossil vertebrates in the American Museum of Natural History. II.–Permian, Triassic and Jurassic reptiles of South Africa. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 25(2):105-164 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 28154 | ETE | 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] |
| 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] | |
| 23344 | ETE | 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] |
| 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] |