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Elliot Formation Palaeontological Exploration

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This proposal requests a collection permit for vertebrate fossils in the Elliot Formation of the Free State, Eastern Cape, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, and KwaZulu-Natal.

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I am a Senior Researcher at the DST/NRF Centre of Excellence in Palaeosciences at the University of the Witwatersrand. One of my main research thrusts is the biostratigraphy, chronostratigraphy, and palaeobiodiversity of the Elliot Formation of South Africa. The rocks of the Elliot Formation date to the Triassic-Jurassic boundary, an important time in the evolution of archosaurs, and collection of new fossils from this formation is essential for my studies. Fossils from the Elliot Formation cannot be studies in-situ because they require extensive laboratory preparation to fully realize their anatomical data. Because the Elliot Formation (and its equivalent strata) crop out in the Eastern Cape, the Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo and Mpumalanga, and because these outcrops are laterally extensive (they cross multiple farm and district boundaries), I have numerous localities at which I wish to collect fossils. Submitting individual permits for each locality will be extremely time-consuming, and I wish to apply for a broad collecting permit for the Elliot Formation in general. All fossils collected under this permit will be reposited either at the Evolutionary Studies Institute of the University of the Witwatersrand or at the Albany Museum, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape (currently under the supervision of Dr. Billy de Klerk). Fossils will be excavated using standard palaeontological techniques such as hammer and chisel work, and fossil remains will be treated with archival materials such as paraloid glues to ensure that they will remain intact for future research use. Permission from landowners will be obtained for any excavations. Detailed positional (e.g., GPS), stratigraphic, and anatomical information will be collected at each fossil locality, and logged electronically at the end of the field expeditions. Excavation techniques will entail minimal disruption to the natural landscape, and where necessary, excavations will be remediated by removing all traces of plaster, burlap, and chisel marks on stone. Two recent references cited below establish the important of Elliot Formation dinosaurs for studies of archosaur evolution. An older reference documents the sort of broad-scale palaeontological data necessary to developing hypotheses about Elliot biostratigraphy and faunal evolution.

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Monday, September 22, 2014 - 18:30

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2014. McPhee, Blair W., Choiniere, Jonah N., Yates, Adam M., and Viglietti, Pia A. A second species of Eucnemesaurus Van Hoepen, 1920 (Dinosauria, Sauropodomorpha): new information on the diversity and evolution of the sauropodomorph fauna of South Africa’s lower Elliot Formation. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, in press.
Monday, September 22, 2014
2014. McPhee, Blair W., Yates, Adam, Choiniere, Jonah N., Abdala, Fernando. The complete anatomy and phylogenetic relationships of Antetonitrus ingenipes (Sauropodiformes, Dinosauria): implications for the origins of Sauropoda. Zoological Journal of the Linnaean Society, 171(1): 151¬—205.
1984. Kitching, James W., and Raath, Michael A. FOSSILS FROM THE ELLIOT AND CLARENS FORMATIONS (KAROO SEQUENCE) OF THE NORTHEASTERN CAPE, ORANGE FREE STATE AND LESOTHO, AND A SUGGESTED BIOZONATION BASED ON TETRAPODS. Palaeontologia africana 25: 111-125
 
 

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