Also known as Kuilsport
Where: Western Cape, South Africa (31.3° S, 22.7° E: paleocoordinates 60.9° S, 28.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Tropidostoma and Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone zone, Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)
• This locality is identified as pertaining to the Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone in Kitching, 1977, before the introduction of the Tropidostoma Assemblage Zone. In Kammerer et al., 2011, specimens coming from this locality are identified as pertaining to either the Tropidostoma or the Cistecephalus zones.
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•Direct dates for the Tropidostoma and Cistecephalus Assemblage Zones from Rubidge et al., 2013
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. W. Kitching. 1977. The distribution of the Karroo vertebrate fauna. Memoirs of the Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Research 1:1-131 [H. Sims/J. Camp]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 175565: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Juan Benito Moreno on 14.12.2015, edited by Richard Butler
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Aelurosaurus striatidens n. sp." = Aelurosaurus felinus6, "Aelurosaurus tenuirostris n. sp." = Aelurosaurus felinus6, "Aelurognathus sollasi n. sp." = Lycaenops sollasi6, Aloposaurus gracilis n. gen. n. sp.6, Scymnognathus parvus n. sp.6
"Aelurosaurus striatidens n. sp." = Aelurosaurus felinus6 Owen 1881 therapsid AMNH 5506, badly preserved snout
"Aelurosaurus tenuirostris n. sp." = Aelurosaurus felinus6 Owen 1881 therapsid AMNH 5504, anterior part of a compressed and eroded snout
"Aelurognathus sollasi n. sp." = Lycaenops sollasi6 Broili and Schröder 1935 therapsid BSPG 1934 VIII 29, snout, with fragments of lower jaw
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Ictidognathus parvidens Broom 1911 therapsid | |
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Choerosaurus dejageri Haughton 1929 therapsid | |
Scalopocephalus watsonianus n. gen. n. sp.5
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Prodicynodon beaufortensis Broom 1912 therapsid | |
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"Dicynodon feliceps" = Diictodon feliceps
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Taognathus megalodon n. gen. n. sp., "Dicynodon microrhynchus n. sp." = Pristerodon mackayi7, "Eurychororhinus boonstrai n. gen. n. sp." = Pristerodon boonstrai1
Taognathus megalodon n. gen. n. sp. Broom 1911 dicynodont AMNH 5523, imperfect mid-portion of skull with lower jaw
"Dicynodon microrhynchus n. sp." = Pristerodon mackayi7 Huxley 1868 dicynodont GPIT uunumbered, a poorly preserved skull and lower jaws
"Eurychororhinus boonstrai n. gen. n. sp." = Pristerodon boonstrai1 Broili and Schroeder 1935 dicynodont BSP 1934 VIII 27, a skull and lower jaw
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Cistecephalus microrhinus Owen 1876 dicynodont | |
"Emydops minor n. gen. n. sp." = Emydops arctatus3
"Emydops minor n. gen. n. sp." = Emydops arctatus3 Owen 1876 dicynodont AMNH 5525, a crushed skull with lower jaw
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"Dicynodon halli n. sp." = Oudenodon bainii8, "Dicynodon planus n. sp." = Oudenodon bainii4, "Dicynodon lutriceps n. sp." = Oudenodon bainii3, "Oudenodon bolorhinus n. sp." = Oudenodon bainii2, "Dicynodon bolorhinoides n. sp." = Aulacephalodon bainii9
"Dicynodon halli n. sp." = Oudenodon bainii8 Owen 1859 therapsid NHMUK R4067, a nearly complete skeleton
"Dicynodon planus n. sp." = Oudenodon bainii4 Owen 1859 therapsid AMNH FARB 5549, a poorly preserved partial skull
"Dicynodon lutriceps n. sp." = Oudenodon bainii3 Owen 1859 therapsid AMNH FARB 5501. a poorly preserved, dorsoventrally crushed partial skull
"Oudenodon bolorhinus n. sp." = Oudenodon bainii2 Owen 1859 therapsid AMNH FARB 5505, a badly weathered partial snout
"Dicynodon bolorhinoides n. sp." = Aulacephalodon bainii9 Owen 1845 therapsid CAMZM T606, a weathered, nearly complete skull
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