PBDB Collection

Ferndale, Graaff-Reinet (Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone) (Permian of South Africa)

Where: Eastern Cape, South Africa (32.3° S, 24.5° E: paleocoordinates 62.7° S, 29.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone other zone, Beaufort Group, Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• Direct dates for Cistecephalus assemblage zone from Rubidge et al., 2013

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Rev. J. H. Whaits

• SAM: Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town

Primary reference: J. W. Kitching. 1977. The distribution of the Karroo vertebrate fauna. Memoirs of the Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Research 1:1-131 [H. Sims/J. Camp]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 144272: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 03.05.2013, edited by Juan Benito Moreno and Bethany Allen

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Taxonomic list

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Amphibia
Temnospondyli - Rhinesuchidae	Laccosaurus watsoni n. gen. n. sp.³ Laccosaurus watsoni n. gen. n. sp.³ Haughton 1925 tetrapod SAM 4010, nearly complete skull
Osteichthyes
Dicynodontia -	Dicynodontia indet. Dicynodontia indet. dicynodont
Dicynodontia - Cistecephalidae	"Cistecephalus microrhinus" = Cistecephalus microrhinus, "Cistecephalus platyfrons n. sp." = Cistecephalus microrhinus¹ "Cistecephalus microrhinus" = Cistecephalus microrhinus Owen 1876 dicynodont 25 skulls "Cistecephalus platyfrons n. sp." = Cistecephalus microrhinus¹ Owen 1876 dicynodont RC 80, a skull
Dicynodontia -	Digalodon rubidgei n. gen. n. sp., "Dicynodon galecephalus n. sp." = Dinanomodon gilli² Digalodon rubidgei n. gen. n. sp. Broom and Robinson 1948 dicynodont RC 76, one badly crushed skull "Dicynodon galecephalus n. sp." = Dinanomodon gilli² Broom 1932 dicynodont RC 77, a dorsoventrally crushed, poorly preserved skull
Dicynodontia - Pylaecephalidae	"Dicynodon nanus" = Diictodon feliceps "Dicynodon nanus" = Diictodon feliceps Owen 1876 dicynodont
Anomodontia - Cryptodontidae	"Platycyclops haughtoni" = Rhachiocephalus magnus, "Platycyclops crassus n. sp." = Kitchinganomodon crassus¹, Oudenodon bainii, Aulacephalodon bainii "Platycyclops haughtoni" = Rhachiocephalus magnus Owen 1876 therapsid "Platycyclops crassus n. sp." = Kitchinganomodon crassus¹ Broom 1948 therapsid RC 88, a complete skull and mandible and cervical vertebral column Oudenodon bainii Owen 1859 therapsid Aulacephalodon bainii Owen 1845 therapsid Two recorded specimens
Therapsida -	Gorgonopsia indet. Gorgonopsia indet. Seeley 1894 therapsid
Therapsida - Gorgonopidae	"Prorubidgea maccabei" = Aelurognathus tigriceps⁴ "Prorubidgea maccabei" = Aelurognathus tigriceps⁴ Broom and Haughton 1913 therapsid RC 115, skull with lower jaw

¹Broom 1948; ²Broom and Robinson 1948; ³Haughton 1925; ⁴Haughton 1965