new sauropod tracksite, Ntumbe River: Middle Jurassic - Late Jurassic, Zimbabwe
collected by P. Broderick
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
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1 individual | ||||||||||
trackway with manus and pes prints | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Zimbabwe | State/province: | Mashonaland West | County: | Hurungwe |
Coordinates: | 16.2° South, 30.0° East (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 38.4° 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: | not reported |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
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: | P. Broderick |
Metadata
Also known as: | Chiwore, Site 8 | ||
Database number: | 231196 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2023-08-07 14:03:29 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2023-08-07 14:03:29 |
Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
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] |