Bushveld Sandstone

Bushveld Sandstone
Stratigraphic range: Hettangian-Sinemurian
Type Geological formation
Unit of Stormberg Group
Lithology
Primary Sandstone
Location
Coordinates 22°48′S 29°18′E / 22.8°S 29.3°E / -22.8; 29.3Coordinates: 22°48′S 29°18′E / 22.8°S 29.3°E / -22.8; 29.3
Approximate paleocoordinates 37°54′S 4°42′E / 37.9°S 4.7°E / -37.9; 4.7
Region Mpumalanga, Limpopo
Country  South Africa

The Bushveld Sandstone is a geological formation dating to roughly between 201 and 189 million years ago and covering the Carnian to Norian stages. The Bushveld Sandstone is found in Transvaal, South Africa and is a member of the Stormberg Group. As its name suggests, it consists mainly of sandstone. Fossils of the prosauropod dinosaur Massospondylus have been recovered from the Bushveld Sandstone.[1]

The Bushveld Sandstone was thought to be Late Triassic age, but was considered to be temporally correlative to the Clarens Formation by Smith et al. (1993).[2]

Vertebrate fauna

Dinosaur tracks located in Transvaal.[1]

Color key
Taxon Reclassified taxon Taxon falsely reported as present Dubious taxon or junior synonym Ichnotaxon Ootaxon Morphotaxon
 Notes
Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; crossed out taxa are discredited.
Dinosaurs reported from the Bushveld Sandstone Formation
Genus Species Presence Notes Images

Gigantoscelus[1]

G. molengraaffi[1]

Geographically located in Transvaal.[1]

Remains now considered to be of indeterminate prosauropod origin.[1] "Distal femur."[3]
Massospondylus

Gryponyx[1]

G. transvaalensis[1]

Geographically located in Transvaal.[1]

Remains now considered to be of indeterminate prosauropod origin.[1] "Ungual, distal metatarsal."[3]

Massospondylus[4]

M. carinatus[4]

Geographically located in Transvaal. Geochronologically located in Early Jurassic strata.[4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Triassic, Africa)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 528–529. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
  2. ↑ Smith RMH, Eriksson PG, Botha WJ. A Review of the Stratigraphy and Sedimentary Environments of the Karoo-Aged Basins of Southern Africa. Journal of African Earth Sciences. 1993;16:143–169. doi: 10.1016/0899-5362(93)90164-L.
  3. 1 2 "Table 12.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 236.
  4. 1 2 3 Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Early Jurassic, Africa)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 535–536. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
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