Matabola Flats (Core 880 ft depth): Sakmarian, Zimbabwe

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta - Protorthoptera
1 specimen
BPI UR 10900 (1 measurement)
see common names

Geography
Country:Zimbabwe
Coordinates: 18.1° South, 27.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:63.1° South, 18.6° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Permian Epoch: Cisuralian
Stage: Sakmarian 10 m.y. bin: Permian 2
Key time interval: Sakmarian
Age range of interval: 293.52 - 290.1 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Dwyka Member:Cycle 3
Stratigraphy comments: Cycle 3, right at the top of the Dwyka succession
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet. Tectonic setting:cratonic basin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:BSP
Collection method comments: Specimen kept in the Bernard Price Institute for Paleontological Research
Metadata
Database number:125144
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:J. Karr
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2012-03-05 16:06:09 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2012-03-05 16:06:09
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
40607. E. F. Riek. 1974. A fossil insect from the Dwyka Series of Rhodesia. Palaeontologia Africana 17:15-17 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]