Also known as Caledon
Where: Maseru, Lesotho (29.3° S, 27.5° E: paleocoordinates 61.0° S, 3.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Molteno Formation (Stormberg Group), Carnian (237.0 - 228.0 Ma)
• lower to middle Molteno
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; green sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: trace
Collected by Jacques, F. 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 206549: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 19.11.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Paratrisauropus lifofanensis n. sp.
Paratrisauropus lifofanensis n. sp. Ellenberger 1970 archosaur | |
Dijaquesopus obliquus n. gen. n. sp.
Dijaquesopus obliquus n. gen. n. sp. Ellenberger 1970 crocodilian |