Also known as M. browni type
Where: Eastern Cape, South Africa (30.6° S, 27.2° E: paleocoordinates 44.1° S, 2.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Upper Member (Elliot Formation), Hettangian to Hettangian (201.3 - 190.8 Ma)
• "Red Beds" = upper Elliot Fm.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by A. Brown in 1895
Primary reference: H. G. Seeley. 1892. Contribution to a knowledge of the Saurischia of Europe and Africa. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 48:188-191 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 36687: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 09.02.2004
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Taxonomic list
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? Massospondylus browni n. sp.
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