Also known as Middelburg
Where: Eastern Cape, South Africa (31.9° S, 24.6° E: paleocoordinates 64.4° S, 24.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone other zone, Katberg Formation (Beaufort Group), Induan (252.2 - 251.2 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the BMNH
Primary reference: R. R. Schoch and B. S. Rubidge. 2005. The amphibamid Micropholis from the Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone of South Africa. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(3):502-522 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 144320: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 03.05.2013, edited by Juan Benito Moreno
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Lystrosaurus murrayi" = Lystrosaurus murrayi1, "Dicynodon (Ptychognathus) verticalis n. sp." = Lystrosaurus murrayi2, Lystrosaurus curvatus1, "Lystrosaurus declivis n. sp." = Lystrosaurus declivis1, "Dicynodon (Ptychognathus) latirostris n. sp." = Lystrosaurus declivis2, "Ptychognathus alfredi n. sp." = Lystrosaurus declivis1
"Dicynodon (Ptychognathus) verticalis n. sp." = Lystrosaurus murrayi2 Huxley 1859 dicynodont NHMUK 36224, a poorly preserved skull
"Lystrosaurus declivis n. sp." = Lystrosaurus declivis1 Brink 1951 dicynodont NMHUK 36221, a complete skull
"Dicynodon (Ptychognathus) latirostris n. sp." = Lystrosaurus declivis2 Brink 1951 dicynodont NHMUK 36222, a nearly complete, weathered skull
"Ptychognathus alfredi n. sp." = Lystrosaurus declivis1 Brink 1951 dicynodont NHMUK 47342, a skull and mandible
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Micropholis stowi n. gen. n. sp.
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