Ruygte Valley 321, Middelburg (Triassic to of South Africa)

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

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Diapsida - Proterosuchidae
Proterosuchus fergusi n. gen. n. sp.
Proterosuchus fergusi n. gen. n. sp. Broom 1903 archosauromorph
RC 96, skull (neotype, erected by Ezcurra & Butler 2015)