Mpandi rauisuchid site (Jurassic of Zimbabwe)

Where: Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe (22.1° S, 29.5° E: paleocoordinates 36.6° S, 3.3° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Mpandi Formation, Early/Lower Jurassic (201.3 - 174.1 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: channel lag; fine-grained, medium, hematitic, argillaceous, cherty/siliceous sandstone

• "fine- to medium-grained sandstone with mud and chert pebbles"; teeth have a hematitie coating

Size class: mesofossils

Collected in 1996

Primary reference: D. Munyikwa. 1997. Faunal analysis of Karoo-aged sediments in the northern Limpopo Valley, Zimbabwe. Arnoldia Zimbabwe 10(13):129-140 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 45534: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 29.10.2004

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Loricata - Rauisuchidae