Ladybrand townlands (zone B/4): Pliensbachian, South Africa
collected by R. Broom 1905
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Hortalotarsus skirtopodus
Seeley 1892
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| SAM 990 | ||||||||||
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= Gyposaurus capensis n. gen., n. sp.
Broom 1911
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Broom 1911 | |||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Prosauropoda | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | South Africa | State/province: | Free State | County: | Ladybrand |
| Coordinates: | 29.2° South, 27.5° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 41.7° South, 3.5° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Altitude: | 1577 meters | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Early/Lower Jurassic |
| Stage: | Pliensbachian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Pliensbachian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 192.90000 - 184.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | poorly lithified sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "soft sandstone matrix" | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Articulated whole bodies: | all |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | R. Broom | Collection dates: | 1905 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | G. capensis type | ||
| Database number: | 36751 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-02-12 11:44:10 | Last modified: | 2022-03-07 10:28:40 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-02-12 11:44:10 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 9843. | R. Broom. 1906. On the South African dinosaur (Hortalotarsus). Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society 16(3):201-206 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 10538 | M. R. Cooper. 1981. The prosauropod dinosaur Massospondylus carinatus Owen from Zimbabwe: its biology, mode of life and phylogenetic significance. Occasional Papers of the National Museums and Monuments of Rhodesia, Series B, Natural Sciences 6(10):689-840 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 28154 | ETE | 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] |
| 12625 | ETE | P. M. Galton and M. A. Cluver. 1976. Anchisaurus capensis (Broom) and a revision of the Anchisauridae (Reptilia, Saurischia). Annals of the South African Museum 69(6):121-159 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 23344 | ETE | S. H. Haughton and A. S. Brink. 1954. A bibliographical list of Reptilia from the Karroo Beds of South Africa. Palaeontologia Africana 2:1-187 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/S. Hellert] |
| 62966 | F. v. Huene. 1914. I: Animalia. Pars 4. Saurischia et Ornithischia triadica (“Dinosauria” triadica). 1-20 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 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] |
| 23520 | ETE | D. B. Weishampel, P. M. Barrett, R. A. Coria, J. Le Loeuff, X. Xu, X. Zhao, A. Sahni, E. M. P. Gomani, and C. R. Noto. 2004. Dinosaur distribution. In D. B. Weishampel, H. Osmolska, and P. Dodson (eds.), The Dinosauria (2nd edition). University of California Press, Berkeley 517-606 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |