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
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]