Patisi tracksite (Triassic of Lesotho)

Also known as Hermon

Where: Mokhotlong, Lesotho (29.0° S, 29.1° E: paleocoordinates 67.4° S, 2.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Beaufort Group, Middle Triassic (247.2 - 237.0 Ma)

• "terminal Beaufort"

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; green sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: trace

Collected by F. Christol

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: P. Ellenberger. 1972. Contribution à la classification des Pistes de Vertébrés du Trias: Les types du Stormberg d’Afrique du Sud (I) [Contribution to the classification of Triassic vertebrate footprints: the types from the Stormberg of South Africa (I)]. Palaeovertebrata Mem. Ext.(1972):1-152 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 206537: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 18.11.2019

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Saurischia - Thecodontosauridae
Trichristolopus dubius n. gen. n. sp.
Trichristolopus dubius n. gen. n. sp. Ellenberger 1970 sauropodomorph
parallel trackways