...M.R. Gibling; R. Jia; R.A. Gastaldo; J. Neveling; H. Rochin-Banaga The Triassic Katberg Formation has played a central role in interpreting the end-Permian ecosystem crisis, as part of a hypothesis of aridification, vegetation loss, and sediment release in continental settings. We use drone images...

...Robert A. Gastaldo; Bryce A. Pludow; Johann Neveling A bstract : Mudclast aggregates are documented in the Lower Triassic, anabranching fluvial deposits of the Katberg Formation, Karoo Basin, South Africa. Here, aggregates are: (1) coarse silt to fine sand size, (2) of a heterogeneous texture...

...M. R. Johnson Abstract Elongated calcareous concretions in sandstones of the fluvial Katberg Formation (Beaufort Group, South Africa) display a distinct preferred orientation that coincides with the regional paleoslope as deduced from cross-stratification and primary current lineations...

... conglomerate (PNC) in the Triassic Katberg Formation, Karoo Basin, South Africa, using laser ablation−inductively coupled plasma−mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS). The paleosol sample yields an age of 252 ± 3 Ma, which overlaps with a previous high-precision U-Pb zircon date from a volcanic ash deposit 2 m above...

..., a character used by other workers as diagnostic of the Katberg Formation, occurs in the Elandsberg Member ∼100 m stratigraphically below the Katberg Formation. An interlaminated lithofacies, previously used as a diagnostic feature of the terrestrial extinction event, occurs isolated at several stratigraphic...

...Figure 2 Locality map of Katberg Formation at Carlton Heights. A) Inset map of South Africa with localities at Carlton Heights (CH) and Senekal (S) noted. B) The N9 highway runs SE to NW and is adjacent to the Carlton Heights railway (RR). Study area within small rectangle is enlarged in part...

... been taken in the investigation of pre-boundary, trans-boundary, and post-boundary plant-fossil assemblages in the Karoo Basin, South Africa. Fourteen stratigraphic sections were evaluated in the Balfour and Normandien formations (Lower Beaufort Group), Katberg Formation, and overlying Burgersdorp...

... part spans the upper Palingkloof Member of the Balfour Formation and the overlying Katberg Formation in the western part of the basin, and the Normandien Formation in the east. The Lystrosaurus declivis Assemblage Zone of the main Karoo Basin hosts the type locality of the global Lootsbergian land...

... associated. The vertebrae are unusual for a procolophonid in exhibiting neural arches that are twice as broad as they are long, a dimension seen elsewhere among parareptiles only in pareiasaurs. A comparison of the manner of tetrapod preservation between the Sanga do Cabral and Katberg formations reveals...

... boundary in the Karoo Basin is either higher in the Katberg Formation or is not preserved. The currently accepted model of the terrestrial ecosystem response to the crisis, both in this basin and its extension globally, requires reevaluation. The Permian vertebrate biostratigraphy of the Karoo Basin...