Lemoenfontein 44 - Eohyosaurus: Anisian, South Africa
collected by D. Wolvaardt
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Eohyosaurus wolvaardti n. gen., n. sp.
Butler et al. 2015
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1 individual | |||||||||
| SAM-PK-K10159, partial skull missing the anterior end,with associated incomplete lower jaws | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Erythrosuchidae
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Erythrosuchus africanus
Broom 1905
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Reptilia
- Procolophonidae
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Procolophonidae indet.
Lydekker 1889
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Trirachodontidae
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Trirachodon sp.
Seeley 1895
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Therocephalia
- Nothogomphodontidae
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Microgomphodon oligocynus
Seeley 1895
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| SAM-PK-K10160 | ||||||||||
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Anomodontia
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Kannemeyeria sp.
Seeley 1908
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | South Africa | State/province: | Free State |
| Coordinates: | 30.6° South, 26.6° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 66.8° South, 12.6° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Middle Triassic |
| Stage: | Anisian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Anisian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 247.20000 - 242.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Beaufort | Formation: | Burgersdorp | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Cynognathus Assemblage Zone, Subzone B: early Anisian | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "siliciclastic" |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (float),survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collectors: | D. Wolvaardt |
| Collection method comments: SAM: South African Museum, Cape Town | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 171026 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler | Enterer: | R. Butler | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2015-07-01 09:19:59 | Last modified: | 2015-07-01 09:19:59 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-07-01 09:19:59 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 55665. | R. J. Butler, M. D. Ezcurra, F. C. Montefeltro, A. Samathi, and G. Sobral. 2015. A new species of basal rhynchosaur (Diapsida: Archosauromorpha) from the early Middle Triassic of South Africa, and the early evolution of Rhynchosauria. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 174(3):571-588 [R. Butler/R. Butler/R. Butler] |