Also known as Avilon
Where: Eastern Cape, South Africa (31.6° S, 26.4° E: paleocoordinates 67.3° S, 14.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Cynognathus subzone C other zone, Burgersdorp Formation (Beaufort Group), Anisian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)
• Fossils are from the uppermost 150 m of the Burgerdorp Formation: the "Cynognathus Assemblage Zone, Subzone C"
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Hancox; reposited in the BPI
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: F. Abdala, P. J. Hancox, and J. Neveling. 2005. Cynodonts from the uppermost Burgersdorp Formation, South Africa, and their bearing on the biostratigraphy and correlation of the Triassic Cynognathus Assemblage Zone. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(1):192-199 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 105293: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 18.02.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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