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Clarens

43 occ. 33 taxa (6 genera) 2 countries
Description

The Clarens Formation is a geological formation found in several localities in Lesotho and in the Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, and Eastern Cape provinces in South Africa. It is the uppermost of the three formations found in the Stormberg Group of the greater Karoo Supergroup rocks and represents the final phase of preserved sedimentation of the Karoo Basin.

Genera
6 genera
Grallator
Grallator
Dinosaurs
Valid Ichnogenus 3 occ. · 250 Ma
Eubrontes
Eubrontes
Dinosaurs
Valid Ichnogenus 2 occ. · 250 Ma
Kayentapus
Kayentapus
Dinosaurs
Valid Ichnogenus 1 occ. · 227 Ma
Massospondylus
Massospondylus
Dinosaurs
Valid 1 occ. · 237 Ma
Lycorhinus
Lycorhinus
Dinosaurs
Valid 1 occ. · 201 Ma
Heterodontosaurus
Heterodontosaurus
Dinosaurs
Valid 1 occ. · 201 Ma
Clarens
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Brandwag (the Sentinel) in the Golden Gate Highlands National Park, South Africa © Zaian · Public domain · Wikipedia
Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
Geological group / Member
Stormberg 43
Top countries
🇱🇸 Lesotho 30
🇿🇦 South Africa 13
Depositional environments
Terrestrial indet. 41
dune 1
interdune 1
Top collectors
P. Ellenberger 13
Casalis 4
Arbousset 4
Dieterlen 4
Dornan 4
G. S. T. Mandy 2
A. Moore 1
A. W. Crompton 1
K. Kermack 1
F. Mussett 1
R. Broom 1
W. H. Wallace 1
Collection activity by decade
1880s 1
1900s 1
1910s 1
1960s 3
2010s 1