Farm Vleikraal (Lower) (Permian of South Africa)

Also known as Near Williston

Where: Northern Cape, South Africa (31.3° S, 20.9° E: paleocoordinates 58.5° S, 35.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Eodicynodon Assemblage other zone, Beaufort Group, Wordian (266.9 - 264.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by B. Rubidge; reposited in the BPI

Collection methods: mechanical,

Primary reference: S. Modesto, B. Rubidge, and J. Welman. 1999. The most basal anomodont therapsid and the primacy of Gondwana in the evolution of anomodonts. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 266:331-337 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 176318: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 08.02.2016

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Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Anomodontia -
Anomocephalus africanus n. gen. n. sp.
Anomocephalus africanus n. gen. n. sp. Modesto et al. 1999 therapsid
BP/1/5582, partial skull