The Dentist / Coprolite Hill: Carnian, Zimbabwe
collected 2017–2018
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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| 12 specimens | ||||||||||
| coprolites; NHMZ 2451, MS-18-2 | ||||||||||
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Dipnoi
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Dipnoi indet.
(Müller 1884)
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20 specimens | |||||||||
| NHMZ 2412–2417, 2432, 2520 | ||||||||||
| Challands et al. 2024 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
| NHMZ 2452 | ||||||||||
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Phytosauria indet.
(Jaeger 1828)
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66 specimens | |||||||||
| NHMZ 2405–2407, 2410, 2422–2425, 2428, 2429, 2440, 2443–2445, 2449, 2450, 2453, 2489–2509, 2513 | ||||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Metoposauridae
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Zimbabwe | State/province: | Mashonaland West |
| Coordinates: | 16.8° South, 28.5° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 41.9° South, 11.9° East (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Late Triassic |
| Stage: | Carnian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Carnian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 237 - 227.3 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Karoo | Formation: | Pebbly Arkose |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray,red silty mudstone |
| Lithology description: "a variegated red-grey silty-mudstone" | |
| Environment: | crevasse splay |
| Geology comments: "an overbank area and palaeosol deposit" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (float),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | Collection dates: | 2017–2018 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Lake Kariba | ||
| Database number: | 220715 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano, M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Carrano, L. Nguyen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2021-06-14 11:34:19 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2021-06-14 11:34:19 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 77101. | L. Sciscio, P. A. Viglietti, P. M. Barrett, T. J. Broderick, D. Munyikwa, K. E. J. Chapelle, K. N. Dollman, S. F. Edwards, M. Zondo and J. N. Choiniere. 2021. Sedimentology and palaeontology of the Upper Karoo Group in the Mid-Zambezi Basin, Zimbabwe: new localities and their implications for interbasinal correlation. Geological Magazine 158:1035-1058 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 89562 | T. J. Challands, L. Cavin, M. Zondo, D. Munyikwa, J. N. Choiniere and P. M. Barrett. 2024. A new lungfish from the Upper Triassic of the Mid-Zambezi Basin, Zimbabwe. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology [M. Uhen/J. Fieffer/J. Fieffer] |