Where: Eastern Cape, South Africa (31.5° S, 25.0° E: paleocoordinates 65.1° S, 21.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Lystrosaurus zone, Katberg Formation (Beaufort Group), Induan to Induan (252.2 - 247.2 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. Welman. 1998. The taxonomy of the South African proterosuchids (Reptilia, Archosauromorpha). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18:340-347 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 117185: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 16.09.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Proterosuchus fergusi n. gen. n. sp.
Proterosuchus fergusi n. gen. n. sp. Broom 1903 archosauromorph RC 96, skull (neotype, erected by Ezcurra & Butler 2015)
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