Marc's Quarry, farm Spion Kop 932 (BPI): Hettangian - Sinemurian, South Africa
collected 2004-2007
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Pterosauria
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Pterosauria indet.
Kaup 1834
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Blackbeard and Yates 2007 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
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| Blackbeard and Yates 2007 | ||||||||||
| large teeth | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Coelophysidae
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| Blackbeard and Yates 2007 | 1 individual | |||||||||
| Yates et al. 2010 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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| Blackbeard and Yates 2007 | ||||||||||
| scutes | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Sauropodomorpha
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| 1 individual | ||||||||||
| "sauropod A", "similar to Jinshanosaurus"; femur, BP/1/6186 | ||||||||||
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= Sauropodomorpha indet.
Huene 1932
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Yates et al. 2010 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
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Sauropodomorpha indet.
Huene 1932
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Yates et al. 2007 | 2 individuals | ||||||||
| "melanorosaurid", large form (5 measurements) | ||||||||||
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= Aardonyx celestae n. gen., n. sp.
Yates et al. 2010
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Yates et al. 2010 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | South Africa | State/province: | Free State | County: | Senekal |
| Coordinates: | 28.5° South, 27.8° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 42.6° South, 16.1° East (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| 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 |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | bioturbation sandy mudstone |
| Secondary lithology: | lenticular,fine sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "an upwardly-fining lens of sand" | |
| Environment: | "channel" |
| Geology comments: semi arid environment, described as "incipient paleosol" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | -bonebed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | preferred |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated minor elements: | some |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Feeding/predation traces: | tooth marks |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | BPI | Collection dates: | 2004-2007 |
| Taxonomic list comments:"bioturbated bonebed" but no other fossils described in detail | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | MQ, Spioenkop | ||
| Database number: | 47031 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano, J. Alroy | Enterer: | M. Carrano, J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-02-01 08:27:13 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-02-01 08:27:13 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 12502. | ETE | A. M. Yates, P. J. Hancox, and B. S. Rubidge. 2004. First record of a sauropod dinosaur from the upper Elliot Formation (Early Jurassic) of South Africa. South African Journal of Science 100:504-506 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 25824 | ETE | M. Blackbeard and A. M. Yates. 2007. Taphonomy of an Early Jurassic dinosaur bonebed in the northern Free State (South Africa). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(3, suppl.):49A [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/O. Alfaro] |
| 56189 | B. W. McPhee, M. F. Bonnan, A. M. Yates, J. Neveling, and J. N. Choiniere. 2015. A new basal sauropod from the pre-Toarcian Jurassic of South Africa: evidence of niche-partitioning at the sauropodomorph–sauropod boundary?. Scientific Reports 5:13224:1-12 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
| 72974 | C. Peyre de Fabrègues and R. Allain. 2020. Kholumolumo ellenbergerorum, gen. et sp. nov., a new early sauropodomorph from the lower Elliot Formation (Upper Triassic) of Maphutseng, Lesotho. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 39(6):e1732996:1-32 [E. Dunne/E. Dunne/M. Carrano] | |
| 25828 | ETE | A. M. Yates, M. Bonnan, and J. Neveling. 2007. A new diverse dinosaur assemblage from the Early Jurassic of South Africa. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(3):169A [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/O. Alfaro] |
| 31154 | A. M. Yates, M. F. Bonnan, J. Neveling, A. Chinsamy, and M. G. Blackbeard. 2010. A new transitional sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Early Jurassic of South Africa and the evolution of sauropod feeding and quadrupedalism. Proceedings of The Royal Society B 277(1682):787-794 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Mannion] |