Where: Free State, South Africa (30.6° S, 26.3° E: paleocoordinates 65.6° S, 18.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lystrosaurus zone, Katberg Formation (Beaufort Group), Early/Lower Triassic (252.3 - 247.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by G. Grossarth in 1931; reposited in the BSP

Collection methods: mechanical,

Primary reference: F. Broili and J. Schröder. 1934. Beobachtungen an Wirbeltieren der Karroo Formation. V. Über Chasmatosaurus vanhoepeni Haughton. Sitzungsberichte der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch - naturwissenschaftliche Abteiliung 3:225-264 [R. Butler/R. Butler] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 117179: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 16.09.2011