Bushveld Sandstone
Geological formation of the Stormberg Group in Transvaal, South Africa
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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 ~ | |
| 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 | South Africa |
  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 are located in Transvaal.[1]
| Dinosaurs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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] | |
| 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] |  | |
Color key
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Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; |