Gouph Tract, Beaufort West: Guadalupian, South Africa
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Cerdodon tenuidens
Broom 1915
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Gorgonopidae
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Aelurosaurus whaitsi
Broom 1911
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Sigogneau-Russell 1989 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| BMNH R 855a, snout and large part of lower jaw | ||||||||||
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Aelurosaurus felinus n. gen., n. sp.
Owen 1881
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Sigogneau-Russell 1989 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| BMNH R 339, snout | ||||||||||
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Aelurosauroides watsoni n. gen., n. sp.
Boonstra 1934
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Sigogneau-Russell 1989 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| synonym of Aelurosaurus felinus | ||||||||||
| BMNH R 855, snout | ||||||||||
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Tapinocephalidae
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Mormosaurus seeleyi
Watson 1914
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Titanosuchidae
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Titanosuchus ferox
Owen 1879
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Anomodontia
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Dicynodon jouberti n. sp.
Broom 1905
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Broom 1905 | |||||||||
| synonym of Diictodon feliceps | ||||||||||
| SAM-PK-695, a complete, but poorly preserved skull and lower jaws | ||||||||||
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Dicynodon pseudojouberti
Boonstra 1948
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| nomen dubium belonging to Emydops | ||||||||||
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Opisthoctenodon brachyops n. sp.
Broom 1905
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| synonym of Emydops arctatus | ||||||||||
| SAM 708, a weathered skull | ||||||||||
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Therocephalia
- Pristerognathidae
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Hyorhynchus platyceps n. gen., n. sp.
Seeley 1889
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Seeley 1889 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Pristerognathinae | ||||||||||
| BMNH R 872, an imperfect skull | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | South Africa | State/province: | Western Cape | County: | Beaufort West |
| Coordinates: | 32.4° South, 22.6° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 60.1° South, 35.7° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Permian | Epoch: | Guadalupian |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Permian 3-4 | ||
| Key time interval: | Guadalupian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 273.01000 - 259.51000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Beaufort | Formation: | Abrahamskraal | ||
| Stratigraphy comments: This is a vague locality covering both the Tapinocephalus and the Pristerognathus Assemblage Zones, making the precise stratigraphic origin of the different remains difficult to assesss (Kammerer et al, 2011) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Gouph Koup | ||
| Database number: | 177007 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler | Enterer: | J. Benito Moreno, R. Butler | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-03-15 12:44:43 | Last modified: | 2016-03-15 12:44:43 |
| Access level: | database members | Released: | 2018-03-15 12:44:43 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 27216. | J. W. Kitching. 1977. The distribution of the Karroo vertebrate fauna. Memoirs of the Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Research 1:1-131 [H. Sims/J. Camp] |
Secondary references:
| 31998 | R. Broom. 1905. Notice of some new fossil reptiles from the Karroo Beds of South Africa. Records of the Albany Museum 1(5):331-337 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht/R. Butler] | |
| 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] | |
| 57886 | D. S. Sigogneau-Russell. 1989. Theriodontia I: Phthinosuchia, Biarmosuchia, Eotitanosuchia, Gorgonopsia. Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology [R. Butler/R. Butler/R. Butler] |