Also known as Maphutseng-Majakaneng
Where: Mohale's Hoek, Lesotho (30.2° S, 27.5° E: paleocoordinates 49.7° S, 1.4° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Lower Member (Elliot Formation), Norian to Norian (228.0 - 201.3 Ma)
• lower "Red Beds"
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; poorly lithified, gray, green, white sandstone and red, sandy claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, trace
Collected by P. Ellenberger in 1955-1959
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),
Primary reference: F. Ellenberger and P. Ellenberger. 1960. Sur une nouvelle dalle à pistes de Vertébrés, decouverte au Basutoland (Afrique du Sud) [On a new find of vertebrate prints, discovered in Basutoland (South Africa)]. Comptes Rendus de la Société géologique de France 1960:236-238 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 56020: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 10.11.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Theromorpha indet. reptile | |
"Deuterotrisauropus socialis n. gen. n. sp." = Grallator socialis
"Deuterotrisauropus socialis n. gen. n. sp." = Grallator socialis Ellenberger 1970 theropod Grallator or Eubrontes type
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Trisauropodiscus aviforma n. sp., Trisauropodiscus superaviforma n. sp.
Trisauropodiscus superaviforma n. sp. Ellenberger 1970 coelurosaur | |
Mafatrisauropus errans n. gen. n. sp.
Mafatrisauropus errans n. gen. n. sp. Ellenberger 1970 carnosaur | |
Comptichnus moorosi n. sp.
Comptichnus moorosi n. sp. Ellenberger 1970 aetosaur | |
"Deuterosauropodopus major n. gen. n. sp." = Sauropodopus antiquus
"Deuterosauropodopus major n. gen. n. sp." = Sauropodopus antiquus Ellenberger 1970 archosaur | |
Osteichthyes | |
"Pentasauropus maphutsengi n. sp." = Pentasauropus incredibilis
"Pentasauropus maphutsengi n. sp." = Pentasauropus incredibilis Ellenberger 1970 dicynodont |