Dracovenator type, farm Upper Drumbo (BPi): Hettangian - Sinemurian, South Africa
collected by J. W. Kitching

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Dracovenator regenti n. gen., n. sp. Yates 2005
1 individual
BP/1/5243
see common names

Geography
Country:South Africa State/province:Eastern Cape County:Barkly East
Coordinates: 30.8° South, 27.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:44.5° South, 1.7° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Jurassic Epoch: Early Jurassic
Stage: Hettangian - Sinemurian 10 m.y. bin: Jurassic 1
Key time interval: Hettangian - Sinemurian
Age range of interval: 201.4 - 192.9 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Stormberg Formation:Elliot Member:Upper
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Upper Elliot Fm. dated as Hettangian by McPhee et al. (2017)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Degree of concentration:dispersed
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Associated major elements:all
Fragmentation:frequent
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:BPI
Collectors:J. W. Kitching
Metadata
Database number:75177
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:E. Dunne Research group:vertebrate
Created:2007-09-25 12:11:44 Last modified:2019-08-02 10:57:47
Access level:the public Released:2007-09-25 12:11:44
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
25373.ETE A. M. Yates. 2005. A new theropod dinosaur from the Early Jurassic of South Africa and its implications for the early evolution of theropods. Palaeontologia Africana 41:105-122 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]