Ralikhomo tracksite (zone C/3) (Jurassic of Lesotho)

Where: Mohale's Hoek, Lesotho (30.4° S, 27.6° E: paleocoordinates 42.8° S, 4.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Drakensberg Group, Pliensbachian (190.8 - 182.7 Ma)

• listed as "third cycle of erosion and peneplainization" of the Drakensberg lavas

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; volcaniclastic sediments

• "a sedimentary thalweg"

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: trace

Collected by P. Ellenberger

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 149715: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 22.08.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Pinopsida
 Pinales - Pinaceae
cf. Pinus vulcaniamniensis n. sp. Ellenberger 1970 pine
Mammalia
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Malutitetrapodiscus saltator Ellenberger 1970 mammal
Malutitetrapodiscus minimus Ellenberger 1970 mammal
Malutitetrapodiscus tenuis Ellenberger 1970 mammal