Bezuidenhouts River, north side: Berriasian - Valanginian, South Africa
collected by T. Rich & P. Rich 1978
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
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Theropoda indet.
Marsh 1881
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Rich and Rich 1985 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| hollow bone fragment | ||||||||||
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Carnosauria indet.
Huene 1920
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Rich et al. 1983 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| tooth, SAM K5262 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | South Africa | State/province: | Eastern Cape |
| Coordinates: | 33.5° South, 25.4° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 44.7° South, 11.7° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Altitude: | 146 meters | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Berriasian - Valanginian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 1 |
| *Period: | Early/Lower Jurassic - Middle Jurassic | ||
| *International age/stage: | Hettangian - Callovian | ||
| Key time interval: | Berriasian - Valanginian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 145 - 132.6 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | shelly/skeletal sandstone |
| Secondary lithology: | "shale" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "massive sandstones with bands of freshwater oysters, some conglomerates, and variegated shales" | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | poor |
| Articulated whole bodies: | none |
| Associated major elements: | none |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated minor elements: | some |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,surface (float),sieve,field collection | ||
| Rock censused: | 80 kg | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Collectors: | T. Rich & P. Rich | Collection dates: | 1978 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Site 1, Strathsomers Estate | ||
| Database number: | 28213 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2003-01-30 08:29:56 | Last modified: | 2015-12-08 15:11:01 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-01-30 08:29:56 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 57283. | I. R. McLachlan and I. K. McMillan. 1976. Review and stratigraphic significance of southern Cape Mesozoic palaeontology. Transactions of the Geological Society of South Africa 79(2):197-212 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 37979 | T. H. V. Rich, R. E. Molnar, and P. V. Rich. 1983. Fossil vertebrates from the Late Jurassic or Early Cretaceous Kirkwood Formation, Algoa Basin, southern Africa. Transactions of the Geological Society of South Africa 86(3):281-291 [R. Benson/R. Benson/M. Carrano] | |
| 30647 | ETE | T. H. V. Rich and P. V. Rich. 1985. Search for Gondwana Late Mesozoic mammals and birds. National Geographic Society Research Reports (1977) 18:643-649 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |