Locality V4744: Changhsingian - Olenekian, South Africa
collected by C. L. Camp and F. E. Peabody 1947
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Owenettidae
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Colubrifer campi n. gen., n. sp.
Carroll 1982
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1 individual | |||||||||
invalid subgroup of Owenetta | ||||||||||
UCMP 42773 (type) | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | South Africa | State/province: | Free State | County: | Mangaung |
Coordinates: | 29.2° South, 26.8° East (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 64.9° South, 16.0° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Geographic resolution: | hand sample |
Time
Key time interval: | Changhsingian - Olenekian | Zone: | Dicynodon or Lystrosaurus Assemblage |
Age range of interval: | 254.17000 - 247.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Beaufort | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: "Lystrosaurus zone, Lower Triassic." (Carroll, 1982). No further stratigraphic details are given in the primary reference.
The Lystrosaurus AZ spans the Upper Balfour (or Normandien) Formation (Upper Changhsingian) to the Lower Burgersdorp (or Driekoppen) Formation (Olenekian). Litho- and chronostratigraphy is according to Catuneanu et al. (2005, Afr. J. Earth Sci. 43) and Claassen (2008, S. Afr. J. Geol. 111(23)). Evans (2001) raises the possibility that the type of Colubrifer campi is from the Dicynodon AZ, i.e. further down in the Changhsingian. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | "siliciclastic" | ||
Environment: | terrestrial indet. | Tectonic setting: | foreland basin |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Articulated whole bodies: | none |
Associated major elements: | all |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | survey of museum collection | ||
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
Collectors: | C. L. Camp and F. E. Peabody | Collection dates: | 1947 |
Metadata
Also known as: | Thaba Nchu | ||
Database number: | 92419 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Mueller | Enterer: | T. Liebrecht |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2009-11-11 07:58:45 | Last modified: | 2014-06-09 09:33:59 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-11-11 07:58:45 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
31151. | R. L. Carroll. 1982. A Short Limbed Lizard from the Lystrosaurus Zone (Lower Triassic) of South Africa. Journal of Paleontology 56(1):183-190 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht] |
Secondary references:
31152 | S. E. Evans. 2001. The Early Triassic ‘Lizard’ Colubrifer campi: A Reassessment. Palaeontology 44(5):1033-1041 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht] |