Bergendal Farm: Induan, South Africa

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anomodontia - Lystrosauridae
Lystrosaurus murrayi (Huxley 1859)
? Lystrosaurus declivis Brink 1951
Therocephalia - Lycideopidae
Tetracynodon darti Sigogneau 1963
Sigurdsen et al. 2012 1 individual
NMQR 3597, skull
Reptilia - Procolophonidae
Phonodus dutoitorum n. gen., n. sp. Modesto et al. 2010
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
Geological group:Beaufort Formation:Katberg
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Stratigraphically low within (close to base of) the Katberg Formation; Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone
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]