north flank, Likhoele Mountain (MNHN): Hettangian - Sinemurian, Lesotho
collected by L. Ginsburg 1959
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Lesothosaurus sp.
Galton 1978
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Knoll and Battail 2001 | 10 specimens | ||||||||
| MNHN IG series | ||||||||||
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Fabrosaurus australis n. gen., n. sp.
Ginsburg 1964
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Ornithischia | ||||||||||
| MNHN LES9 | ||||||||||
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Tritylodontidae
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Tritylodontidae indet.
Cope 1884
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Lesotho | State/province: | Mafeteng |
| Coordinates: | 29.9° South, 27.3° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.4° South, 1.6° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Altitude: | 1651 meters | ||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
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
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Associated major elements: | all |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | MNHN | ||
| Collectors: | L. Ginsburg | Collection dates: | 1959 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Mafeteng | ||
| Database number: | 55339 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-10-11 07:25:19 | Last modified: | 2021-06-28 09:34:43 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-10-11 07:25:19 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 14838. | ETE | L. Ginsburg. 1964. Découverte d'un Scélidosaurien (Dinosaure ornithischien) dans le Trias supérieur du Basutoland [Discovery of a scelidosaurian (ornithischian dinosaur) in the Upper Triassic of Basutoland]. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences à Paris 258:2366-2368 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 14837 | ETE | R. J. Butler. 2005. The 'fabrosaurid' ornithischian dinosaurs of the Upper Elliot Formation (Lower Jurassic) of South Africa and Lesotho. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 145(2):175-218 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/R. Butler] |
| 60341 | P. J. Currie and K. Padian. 1997. Institute de Paléontologie, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. In P. J. Currie & K. Padian (ed.), Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs 368-369 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 25375 | ETE | J. W. Kitching and M. A. Raath. 1984. Fossils from the Elliot and Clarens Formations (Karoo Sequence) of the northeastern Cape, Orange Free State and Lesotho, and a suggested biozonation based on tetrapods. Palaeontologia Africana 25:111-125 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 14867 | ETE | F. Knoll and B. Battail. 2001. New ornithischian remains from the Upper Elliot Formation (Lower Jurassic) of Lesotho and stratigraphical dsitribution of southern African fabrosaurids. Géobios 34(4):415-421 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/J. Alroy] |
| 7893 | R. A. Thulborn. 1970. The skull of Fabrosaurus australis, a Triassic ornithischian dinosaur. Palaeontology 13(3):414-432 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 61518 | D. B. Weishampel and J. B. Weishampel. 1983. Annotated localities of ornithopod dinosaurs: implications to Mesozoic paleobiogeography. The Mosasaur 1:43-87 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |