Masitise 2 (MNHN): Hettangian - Sinemurian, Lesotho
collected by Ellenberger 1963
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Lesothosaurus diagnosticus
Galton 1978
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Sereno 1991 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| MNHN LES 17 | ||||||||||
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= Lesothosaurus sp.
Galton 1978
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Knoll 2002 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Massospondylidae
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Massospondylus sp.
Owen 1854
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Geography
| Country: | Lesotho | State/province: | Quthing |
| Coordinates: | 30.4° South, 27.5° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 44.0° South, 1.7° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Altitude: | 1671 meters | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Early/Lower Jurassic |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 1 | ||
| Key time interval: | Hettangian - Sinemurian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 201.40000 - 192.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | red sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Associated major elements: | all |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | MNHN | ||
| Collectors: | Ellenberger | Collection dates: | 1963 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Masitisi | ||
| Database number: | 55343 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | R. Butler | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-10-11 09:03:56 | Last modified: | 2019-12-10 09:01:30 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-10-11 09:03:56 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 25375. | ETE | J. W. Kitching and M. A. Raath. 1984. Fossils from the Elliot and Clarens Formations (Karoo Sequence) of the northeastern Cape, Orange Free State and Lesotho, and a suggested biozonation based on tetrapods. Palaeontologia Africana 25:111-125 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 10598 | ETE,5% 57060 | F. Knoll. 2002. New skull of Lesothosaurus (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Upper Elliot Formation (Lower Jurassic) of southern Africa. Géobios 35(5):595-603 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/J. Alroy] |
| 14839 | ETE | F. Knoll. 2002. Nearly complete skull of Lesothosaurus (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Upper Elliot Formation (Lower Jurassic: Hettangian) of Lesotho. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(2):238-243 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 10109 | P. C. Sereno. 1991. Lesothosaurus, "fabrosaurids," and the early evolution of Ornithischia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 11(2):168-197 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |