Bushveld Sandstone
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]
Bushveld Sandstone Stratigraphic range: Hettangian-Sinemurian | |
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Type | Geological formation |
Unit of | Stormberg Group |
Lithology | |
Primary | Sandstone |
Location | |
Coordinates | 22.8°S 29.3°E |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 37.9°S 4.7°E |
Region | Mpumalanga, Limpopo |
Country | |
Bushveld Sandstone (South Africa) |
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
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Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; |
Dinosaurs reported from the Bushveld Sandstone Formation | ||||
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Genus | Species | Presence | Notes | Images |
G. molengraaffi[1] |
Geographically located in Transvaal.[1] |
Remains now considered to be of indeterminate prosauropod origin.[1] "Distal femur."[3] |
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G. transvaalensis[1] |
Geographically located in Transvaal.[1] |
Remains now considered to be of indeterminate prosauropod origin.[1] "Ungual, distal metatarsal."[3] | ||
M. carinatus[4] |
Geographically located in Transvaal. Geochronologically located in Early Jurassic strata.[4] |
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See also
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in South Africa
- Clarens Formation
References
- 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.
- 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.
- "Table 12.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 236.
- 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.
External links
- Bushvelt Sandstone Formation, from the Paleobiology Database