Farm Bethel 763 (Triassic of South Africa)

Where: Free State, South Africa (30.4° S, 26.3° E: paleocoordinates 64.9° S, 20.0° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone other zone, Beaufort Group, Induan (252.2 - 251.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by J. Welman in 1997

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• NMQR: National Museum, Bloemfontein

Primary reference: R. J. Damiani and J. Welman. 2001. A long-snouted trematosaurid amphibian from the Early Triassic of South Africa. South African Journal of Science 97:318-319 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 144333: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 03.05.2013, edited by Mark Uhen and Bethany Allen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Squamata -
Rhynchosauroides sp.3 Maidwell 1911 squamates
BE-TR 6
Osteichthyes
 Therapsida -
cf. Dicynodontipus sp.3 Rühle von Lilienstern 1944 therapsid
BE-TR 7
 Therocephalia - Akidnognathidae
Moschorhinus kitchingi2 Broom 1920 therapsid
SAM-PK-K10684, partial snout; SAM-PK-K10015a, skull; SAM-PK-K10015b, partial skull and lower jaw
 Dicynodontia - Lystrosauridae
Lystrosaurus sp. Cope 1870 dicynodont
NM QR3422, 3423
Lystrosaurus murrayi1 Huxley 1859 dicynodont
Lystrosaurus declivis1 Brink 1951 dicynodont
 Dicynodontia -
cf. Dolomitipes sp.3 Marchetti et al. 2019 dicynodont
BE-TR 2, 5
Dolomitipes accordii3 Ceoloni et al. 1988 dicynodont
BE-TR 1-4, BE 1-3
Amphibia
 Temnospondyli - Trematosauridae
Lonchorhynchinae indet. Säve-Söderbergh 1935 tetrapod
NM QR3424