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
Massospondylus harriesi Broom 1911
Raath 1977
nomen dubium belonging to Prosauropoda
"probably" this taxon
Reptilia - Coelophysidae
Coelurosauria indet. (Huene 1914)
2 individuals
(8 measurements)
    = Syntarsus rhodesiensis n. gen., n. sp. Raath 1969
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]
29797ETE 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]
12927ETE 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]
5925ETE 1706M. 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]