Honingkrans, Burgersdorp (Triassic of South Africa)

Also known as Heuningkrans

Where: Eastern Cape, South Africa (31.0° S, 26.3° E: paleocoordinates 65.8° S, 19.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lystrosaurus other zone, Beaufort Group, Early/Lower Triassic (252.2 - 247.2 Ma)

• Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the BPI

Collection methods: mechanical,

Primary reference: S. P. Modesto and H.-D. Sues. 2004. The skull of the Early Triassic archosauromorph reptile Prolacerta broomi and its phylogenetic significance. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 140:335-351 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 105606: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 23.02.2011, edited by Bethany Allen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Diapsida - Prolacertidae
"Pricea longiceps n. gen. n. sp." = Prolacerta broomi1
"Pricea longiceps n. gen. n. sp." = Prolacerta broomi1 Parrington 1935 archosauromorph
BP/1/471, complete skull and mandible
Osteichthyes
 Dicynodontia - Lystrosauridae
Lystrosaurus declivis3 Brink 1951 dicynodont
Lystrosaurus murrayi3 Huxley 1859 dicynodont
Lystrosaurus curvatus3 Owen 1876 dicynodont
 Therapsida -
Galesaurus planiceps2 Owen 1860 cynodont
BP/1/2513, three individuals (assumed mother with two juveniles)
Thrinaxodon liorhinus2 Seeley 1894 cynodont
BP/1/472, skull and partial skeleton