Where: Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe (16.2° S, 30.1° E: paleocoordinates 31.6° S, 7.1° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Upper Karroo Sandstone Formation (Karoo Group), Early/Lower Jurassic (201.3 - 174.1 Ma)
• described as "Upper Karroo sediments/System", and "Upper Trias," possible correlated with Forest Sandstone near Bulawayo.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial; fine-grained, red, white, calcareous sandstone and lenticular conglomerate
Size class: macrofossils
Collected in 1968-1969
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (float), surface (in situ), mechanical,
• includes gastroliths
Primary reference: M. A. Raath, C. C. Smith, and G. Bond. 1970. A new Upper Karroo dinosaur fossil locality on the Lower Angwa River, Sipolilo District, Rhodesia. Arnoldia 4(35):1-10 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 34777: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 23.09.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Massospondylus carinatus Owen 1854 sauropodomorph |