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
Colubrifer campi n. gen., n. sp. Carroll 1982
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]