Where: Eastern Cape, South Africa (31.6° S, 26.4° E: paleocoordinates 50.5° S, 3.7° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Lower Member (Elliot Formation), Norian to Norian (228.0 - 201.3 Ma)
• base of the Elliot Formation immediately above contact with underlying Molteno Formation
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Hancox; reposited in the BPI
Collection methods: surface (float), mechanical,
Primary reference: C. E. Gow and P. J. Hancox. 1993. First complete skull of the Late Triassic Scalenodontoides (Reptilia Cynodontia) from southern Africa. In S. G. Lucas, M. Morales (eds.), The Nonmarine Triassic, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 3:161-168 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 105771: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 25.02.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes | |
Scalenodontoides macrodontes Crompton and Ellenberger 1957 cynodont BP/1/5395, remains of three individuals including a nearly complete skull
|