Bushveld Sandstone

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Bushveld Sandstone
Stratigraphic range: Hettangian-Sinemurian
~201–189  Ma
Type Geological formation
Unit of Stormberg Group
Lithology
Primary Sandstone
Location
Coordinates 22°48′S29°18′E / 22.8°S 29.3°E / -22.8; 29.3
Approximate paleocoordinates 37°54′S4°42′E / 37.9°S 4.7°E / -37.9; 4.7
Region Mpumalanga, Limpopo
CountryFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
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Bushveld Sandstone (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]

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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 are located in Transvaal. [1]

Dinosaurs
GenusSpeciesPresenceNotesImages
Gigantoscelus [1] G. molengraaffi [1] Geographically located in Transvaal. [1] Remains now considered to be of indeterminate prosauropod origin. [1] "Distal femur." [3]
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]
Massospondylus BW.jpg
Color key
Taxon Reclassified taxonTaxon falsely reported as presentDubious taxon or junior synonym Ichnotaxon Ootaxon Morphotaxon
Notes
Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; crossed out taxa are discredited.

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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.