Lumku Farm, Lady Frere (Triassic of South Africa)

Where: Eastern Cape, South Africa (31.7° S, 27.2° E: paleocoordinates 68.0° S, 13.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Cynognathus other zone, Burgersdorp Formation (Beaufort Group), Anisian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

• Probably Subzone B of the Cynognathus Assemblage Zone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. Broom. 1950. Some fossil reptiles from the Karoo Beds of Lady Frere. South African Journal of Science 47:86-88 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 179589: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 21.06.2016

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Diapsida - Erythrosuchidae
Erythrosuchus africanus
Erythrosuchus africanus Broom 1905 archosauromorph
Osteichthyes
 Therapsida - Galesauridae
Sysphinctostoma gracilis n. sp.
Sysphinctostoma gracilis n. sp. Broom 1950 cynodont
Skull
 Therapsida -
Cynognathus crateronotus, Protacmon reubsameni n. sp., Diademodon browni
Cynognathus crateronotus Seeley 1895 cynodont
Protacmon reubsameni n. sp. Broom 1950 cynodont
Skull
Diademodon browni Seeley 1894 cynodont
 Therocephalia - Bauriidae
Sesamondontoides pauli n. gen. n. sp., Bauria cynops
Sesamondontoides pauli n. gen. n. sp. Broom 1950 therapsid
Skull
Bauria cynops Broom 1909 therapsid