Kleinberg Farm, Calitzdorp, Kannaland: Late/Upper Valanginian, South Africa
collected by P. J. MacLaren 1964
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Plesiosauria
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Plesiosaurus sp.
de la Beche and Conybeare 1821
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1 element | |||||||||
| NMQR 1274 (C 3020); vertebra that actually is most likely from a sauropod | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | South Africa | State/province: | Western Cape | County: | Eden |
| Coordinates: | 33.5° South, 21.6° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 42.8° South, 15.0° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | hand sample |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Valanginian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 1 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Valanginian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 139.80000 - 132.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Uitenhage | Formation: | Sundays River |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | nodular "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "a nodular clay-limestone" | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | random |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Abundance in sediment: | rare |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (float),survey of museum collection | ||
| Collection size: | 1 specimens | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Collectors: | P. J. MacLaren | Collection dates: | 1964 |
| Taxonomic list comments:Here described as a gigantic plesiosaur vertebra, but the "strongly concavo-convex" morphology suggests that it is actually from a sauropod | |||
Metadata
| Database number: | 106439 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | H. Street |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-03-16 06:53:48 | Last modified: | 2020-01-14 17:03:24 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-03-16 06:53:48 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 35525. | A. C. Hoffman. 1966. A gigantic plesiosaur from the South African Cretaceous. South African Journal of Science 62(5):138-140 [M. Carrano/H. Street/H. Street] |
Secondary references:
| 52602 | J. Van Heerden. 1972. A revised catalogue system for the Karroo fossil vertebrates in the National Museum. Navorsinge van die Nasionale Museum, Bloemfontein 2(10):291-299 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |