Kwengula stream, Southcote Farm: Hettangian - Sinemurian, Zimbabwe
collected by M. A. Raath 1963-1966
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
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Massospondylus harriesi
Broom 1911
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Raath 1977 | |||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Prosauropoda | ||||||||||
"probably" this taxon | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Coelophysidae
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Coelurosauria indet.
(Huene 1914)
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2 individuals | |||||||||
(8 measurements) | ||||||||||
= Syntarsus rhodesiensis n. gen., n. sp.
Raath 1969
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Raath 1969 | |||||||||
recombined as Megapnosaurus rhodesiensis | ||||||||||
QG/1 | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Zimbabwe | State/province: | Matabeleland North | County: | Nyamandhlovu |
Coordinates: | 20.0° South, 28.4° East (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 35.0° South, 5.1° East | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
Altitude: | 1226 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: | 201.30000 - 190.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Karoo | Formation: | Forest Sandstone |
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | fine,yellow sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: "fine-grained, pale, buff-coloured" | |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Spatial orientation: | life position |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | excellent |
Abundance in sediment: | few |
Articulated whole bodies: | all |
Fragmentation: | occasional |
Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection | ||
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
Collectors: | M. A. Raath | Collection dates: | 1963-1966 |
Collection method comments: Originally discovered by schoolboys |
Metadata
Also known as: | Syntarsus type | ||
Database number: | 48392 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2005-03-17 14:54:23 | Last modified: | 2017-09-21 16:17:34 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-03-17 14:54:23 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
56881. | M. A. Raath. 1968. Rhodesian dinosaurs in a southern African context. The Rhodesia Science News 2(6):89-91 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
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] | |
29797 | ETE | A. Bristowe and M. A. Raath. 2004. A juvenile coelophysoid skull from the Early Jurassic of Zimbabwe, and the synonymy of Coelophysis and Syntarsus. Palaeontologia Africana 40:31-41 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
12927 | ETE | M. A. Raath. 1969. A new coelurosaurian dinosaur from the Forest Sandstone of Rhodesia. Arnoldia (Rhodesia) 4(28):1-254 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
5925 | ETE 1706 | M. A. Raath. 1977. The Anatomy of the Triassic Theropod Syntarsus rhodesiensis (Saurischia: Podokesauridae) and a Consideration of Its Biology. Department of Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University, Salisbury, Rhodesia 1-233 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Carrano] |
13579 | M. A. Raath. 1990. Morphological variation in small theropods and its meaning in systematics: evidence from Syntarsus rhodesiensis. In K. Carpenter and P. J. Currie (eds.), Dinosaur Systematics: Perspectives and Approaches, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 91-105 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |