Klein Vogelstruisfontein (Bethulie District): Induan - Olenekian, South Africa
collected by H. S. Viljoen
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Procolophonidae
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Procolophon sp.
Owen 1876
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1 element | |||||||||
| "a new species of Procolophon", represented by the anterior portion of a right lower jaw | ||||||||||
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= Procolophon trigoniceps
Owen 1876
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Carroll and Lindsay 1985 | |||||||||
| BMNH R514 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | South Africa | State/province: | Free State | County: | Kopanong |
| Coordinates: | 30.3° South, 25.9° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 65.1° South, 18.3° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | hand sample |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Beaufort | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: No stratigraphic data are given in the primary reference. The geographic position of the locality (if correct) suggests that is is in an horizon equivalent to the Katberg or the Burgersdorp Fm. (undivided strata of the Tarkastad Subgroup; see map in fig. 24 in Catuneanu et al., 2005, Afr. J. Earth Sci. 43(1-3)) and within the Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone (see map in fig. 1 in Rubidge et al., 1995, SACS Biostrat. Ser. 1). Furthermore, Cisneros (2008, Paleoworld 17(2)) states that "The occurrence of Procolophon in South Africa is restricted to the interval between the middle part of the Katberg Formation and the lowermost Burgersdorp Formation (Neveling, 2004; Smith and Botha, 2005; Botha and Smith, 2006)." Litho- and biostratigraphic data point to a Middle Induan to Lowest Olenekian age (see fig. 25 in Catuneanu et al., 2005). | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "siliciclastic" | ||
| Lithology description: In fact not reported but almost surely siliciclastic. | |||
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. | Tectonic setting: | foreland basin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | BMNH |
| Collectors: | H. S. Viljoen |
Metadata
| Database number: | 94365 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Mueller | Enterer: | T. Liebrecht |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-02-17 08:40:34 | Last modified: | 2014-06-09 09:33:29 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-02-17 08:40:34 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 29079. | H. G. Seeley. 1889. Researches on the Structure, Organisation, and Classification of the Fossil Reptilia. - VI. On the Anomodont Reptilia and Their Allies. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B 180:215-296 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht] |
Secondary references:
| 29615 | R. L. Carroll and W. Lindsay. 1985. Cranial anatomy of the primitive reptile Procolophon. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 22(11):1571-1587 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht] |