Rosendal quarry (Jurassic of South Africa)

Also known as Roosendal, Aristosaurus type

Where: Free State, South Africa (28.5° S, 27.9° E: paleocoordinates 42.4° S, 0.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Clarens Formation (Stormberg Group), Sinemurian (199.3 - 190.8 Ma)

• base of formation; = Cave Sandstone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 1915

Collection methods: salvage, quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: E. C. N. Van Hoepen. 1915. Contributions to the knowledge of the reptiles of the Karroo Formation. 4. A new pseudosuchian from the Orange Free State. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 5(1):83-87 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 36851: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 17.02.2004

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Saurischia -
Aristosaurus erectus n. gen. n. sp.
Aristosaurus erectus n. gen. n. sp. Van Hoepen 1920 prosauropod
TM 130
 Loricata -
Pedeticosaurus leviseuri n. gen. n. sp.
Pedeticosaurus leviseuri n. gen. n. sp. Van Hoepen 1915 crocodilian
NMQS 606 (C 116)