Also known as Mbiresaurus raathi type site
Where: Mashonaland Central, Zimbabwe (16.1° S, 30.5° E: paleocoordinates 50.7° S, 12.2° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Pebbly Arkose Formation (Karoo Group), Carnian (237.0 - 228.0 Ma)
• approx. 5 fossiliferous beds in 10 m of section
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; brown siltstone and brown mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Griffin, Tolan, & Nesbitt in 2017–2019
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: C. T. Griffin, B. M. Wynd, D. Munyikwa, T. J. Broderick, M. Zondo, S. Tolan, M. C. Langer, S. J. Nesbitt, and H. R. Taruvinga. 2022. Africa’s oldest dinosaurs reveal early suppression of dinosaur distribution. Nature 609(7926):313-319 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 228330: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 02.12.2022
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Mbiresaurus raathi n. gen. n. sp.
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Hyperodapedontinae indet. Chatterjee 1969 rhynchosaur |