small theropod tracksite, Ntumbe River: Middle Jurassic - Late Jurassic, Zimbabwe
collected by T. Broderick 2000
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Delatorrichnopodidae
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| 2 individuals | ||||||||||
| Bordy et al. 2020 | ||||||||||
| NMNHZ/GPIT1653 trackway replicas, paratype | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Zimbabwe | State/province: | Mashonaland West | County: | Hurungwe |
| Coordinates: | 16.2° South, 30.0° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.5° South, 16.9° East (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Middle Jurassic - Late Jurassic |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 3-5 - Jurassic 5-6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Middle Jurassic - Late Jurassic | ||
| Age range of interval: | 174.7 - 145 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Dande Sandstone |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "siliciclastic" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | lacustrine - small |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression,trace |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Associated major elements: | many |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),observed (not collected) | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Collectors: | T. Broderick | Collection dates: | 2000 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Chiwore, Site 4 | ||
| Database number: | 231194 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2023-08-07 13:24:42 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2023-08-07 13:24:42 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 32402. | ETE | T. Lingham-Soliar and T. J. Borderick. 2000. An enigmatic early Mesozoic dinosaur trackway from Zimbabwe. Ichnos 7(2):135-148 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 85588 | A. Ait-Kaci Ahmed. 2015. The Ntumbe River Dinosaur Footprint Sites (Lower Zambezi Valley, Chewore South). Geological Society of Zimbabwe Field Excursion Guidebook 1-14 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 85465 | E. M. Bordy, A. Rampersadh, M. Abrahams, M. G. Lockley, and H. V. Head. 2020. Tracking the Pliensbachian-Toarcian Karoo firewalkers: trackways of quadruped and biped dinosaurs and mammaliaforms. PLoS One 15(1):e0226847:1-36 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 90805 | J. R. Foster, J. D. Harris, A. R. Milner, E. M. Bordy, L. Sciscio, D. Castanera, M. Belvedere, L. Xing, and M. G. Lockley. 2025. Jurassic vertebrate tracks and traces. In S. G. Lucas, A. P. Hunt, H. Klein (eds.), Vertebrate Ichnology: Tetrapod Tracks and Trackways 265-478 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |