UCMP V4744, Thaba N'chu: Induan, South Africa
collected by F. E. Peabody, C. L. Camp 1947
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Tetrapoda indet.
Jaekel 1911
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| UCMP 42779, block containing isolated postcranial elements | ||||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Tupilakosauridae
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Thabanchuia oomie n. gen., n. sp.
Warren 1998
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| UCMP 42780, almost complete skull, mandibles and pectoral girdle. UCMP 42777, 42778, 42781 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | South Africa | State/province: | Free State | County: | Mangaung |
| Coordinates: | 29.2° South, 26.8° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 64.7° South, 17.0° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Early/Lower Triassic |
| Stage: | Induan | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 1 |
| Key time interval: | Induan | Other zone: | Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone |
| Age range of interval: | 251.90200 - 251.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Beaufort | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: lower part of the | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,concretion |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (float),mechanical,survey of museum collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | UCMP | ||
| Collectors: | F. E. Peabody, C. L. Camp | Collection dates: | 1947 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Thaba Nchu | ||
| Database number: | 145516 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler | Enterer: | R. Butler | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-06-04 23:06:23 | Last modified: | 2013-06-04 08:06:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-06-04 23:06:23 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 42454. | A. A. Warren. 1998. Karoo tupilakosaurid: a relict from Gondwana. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences 89:145-160 [W. Dahdul/A. Dececchi/R. Butler] |