Mekaling tracksite (zone A/3) (Triassic of Lesotho)

Where: Mohale's Hoek, Lesotho (30.3° S, 27.5° E: paleocoordinates 61.8° S, 4.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Molteno Formation (Stormberg Group), Carnian (237.0 - 228.0 Ma)

• upper Molteno

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; pebbly, green sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: trace

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: P. Ellenberger. 1970. Les niveaux paléontologiques de première apparition des mammifères primoridaux en Afrique du Sud et leur ichnologie. Establissement de zones stratigraphiques detaillees dans le Stormberg du Lesotho (Afrique du Sud) (Trias Supérieur à Jurassique) [The paleontological levels of the first appearance of primordial mammals in southern Africa and their ichnology. Establishment of detailed stratigraphic zones in the Stormberg of Lesotho (southern Africa) (Upper Triassic to Jurassic). In: S. H. Haughton (ed.), Second Symposium on Gondwana Stratigraphy and Paleontology, International Union of Geological Sciences. Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Pretoria 343-370 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 206555: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 19.11.2019

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Saurischia -
Pseudotetrasauropus mekalingensis n. sp. Ellenberger 1970 prosauropod