Dewetsdorp (Triassic of South Africa)

Also known as Meadows north of Dewetsdorp

Where: Free State, South Africa (29.6° S, 26.7° E: paleocoordinates 65.2° S, 15.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lystrosaurus other zone, Katberg Formation (Beaufort Group), Early/Lower Triassic (252.2 - 247.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Broom in 1931

Primary reference: R. Broom. 1932. On some South African pseudosuchians. Annals of the Natal Museum 7:55-59 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 117177: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 16.09.2011

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Diapsida - Proterosuchidae
Proterosuchidae indet. Broom 1906 archosauromorph
AMNH FR 2237, partial skeleton