Bergendal Farm: Induan, South Africa
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anomodontia
- Lystrosauridae
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Lystrosaurus murrayi
(Huxley 1859)
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? Lystrosaurus declivis
Brink 1951
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Therocephalia
- Lycideopidae
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Tetracynodon darti
Sigogneau 1963
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Sigurdsen et al. 2012 | 1 individual | ||||||||
NMQR 3597, skull | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Procolophonidae
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Phonodus dutoitorum n. gen., n. sp.
Modesto et al. 2010
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1 individual | |||||||||
NMQR 356, partial skull | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | South Africa | State/province: | Northern Cape | County: | Noupoort |
Coordinates: | 31.2° South, 25.0° East (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 64.3° South, 22.9° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Early/Lower Triassic |
Stage: | Induan | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 1 |
Key time interval: | Induan | Other zone: | Lystrosaurus |
Age range of interval: | 252.17000 - 251.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | conglomerate |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Collection method comments: NM: National Museum, Bloemfontein |
Metadata
Database number: | 105718 | ||
Authorizer: | R. Butler | Enterer: | R. Butler | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2011-02-24 07:48:53 | Last modified: | 2011-02-23 14:48:53 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-02-24 07:48:53 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
35293. | S. P. Modesto, D. M. Scott, J. Botha-Brink and R. R. Reisz. 2010. A new and unusual procolophonid parareptile from the Lower Triassic Katberg Formation of South Africa. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(3):715-723 [R. Butler/R. Butler] |
Secondary references:
47098 | T. Sigurdsen, A. K. Huttenlocker, S. P. Modesto, T. B. Rowe, and R. Damiani. 2012. Reassessment of the morphology and paleobiology of the therocephalian Tetracynodon darti (Therapsida), and the phylogenetic relationships of Baurioidea. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32(5):1113-1134 [R. Butler/R. Butler] |