Farm Glen Curragh: Hettangian - Sinemurian, Zimbabwe
collected by J. C. Dunk, A. M. MacGregor 1927
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Thecodontosaurus sp.
Riley and Stutchbury 1836
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1 individual | |||||||||
| NMSR 7843 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Zimbabwe | State/province: | Matabeleland North | County: | Nyamandhlovu |
| Coordinates: | 20.0° South, 28.1° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.9° South, 4.8° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Early/Lower Jurassic |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 1 | ||
| Key time interval: | Hettangian - Sinemurian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 201.40000 - 192.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Karoo | Formation: | Forest Sandstone | Member: | Upper |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: not more than 20 ft below base of Karroo Basalts, in Upper Division of formation; "The fossils were found on the surface of the ground on the top of, and around, a small spur" (MacGregor 1929) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Lithology description: White sandstone, "The sandstone is of a fine-grained type with a siliceous cement" (MacGregor 1929) | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Associated major elements: | all |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (float),sieve,field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Collectors: | J. C. Dunk, A. M. MacGregor | Collection dates: | 1927 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 80185 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-04-08 13:59:40 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-04-08 13:59:40 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 32789. | A. M. MacGregor. 1929. Fossil reptilian remains from Glen Curragh Farm, Nyamandhlovu District. Proceedings of the Rhodesia Scientific Association 29:6-7 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 26977 | ETE | G. Bond. 1955. A note on dinosaur remains from the Forest Sandstone (Upper Karroo). Occasional Papers of the National Museums of Southern Rhodesia 2(20):795-800 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 33026 | S. H. Haughton. 1929. Report on fossil remains from Glen Curragh Farm, Nyamandhlovu District, Southern Rhodesia. Proceedings of the Rhodesia Scientific Association 29:8-9 [M. Carrano/M. Oreska] |