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Rooidraai, Thabo Mofutsanyane District Municipality, Free State, South Africa
Lat/Long (Decimal) | -28.5094,28.6231 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | stated in text |
Given Location | Free State, South Africa |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Thabo Mofutsanyane District Municipality, Free State, South Africa |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Rooidraai, Golden Gate Highlands National Park | Reisz R. R., Evans D. C., et al (2010) | Stormberg - Elliot - Upper | "approximately 3-4 m below the very marked contact between the Elliot Formation (Red Bed Stage) and very silty sandstone of the lower Clarens Formation (Cave Sandstone Stage) ... the horizon which yielded the eggs overlies which can be termed the Tritylodon assemblage zone." Upper part of formation, equivalent to Massospondylus Range Zone. | siltstone | 201.3 - 190.8 Ma Early Jurassic |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Massospondylus sp. genus | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Massospondylidae : Massospondylus | 201.3 - 190.8 Ma Early Jurassic |
Massospondylus carinatus species | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Massospondylidae : Massospondylus : Massospondylus carinatus | 201.3 - 190.8 Ma Early Jurassic |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!