General
    General
    Object Auto ID
    17527
    Alternate Codes
    objectautoid_sahrisv1_22779
    Common Name
    Massospondylus skull
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    1.00
    Object Description

    Neotype skull of Massospondylus,and belongs to a partial specimen consisting of the front half of the body (the pelvic girdle and tail are missing).Found by James Ktching in March 1980, on farm Borsmansdrift 133, located on Map 2827CD (Mekoatleng's Nek).Age: approximately 200 million years old, from the upper part of the Elliot Formation of the Stormberg Group.The skull is a single, well-indurated unit that has been fully prepared from rock matrix externally.

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    The egg cluster is in a single slab, and two eggs have been manually prepared to reveal embryos lying within. The remaining eggs have not been prepared but are embedded in a homogeneous red sandy mudstone.

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    Object Age
    2015
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