Also known as Thaba Nchu
Where: Free State, South Africa (29.2° S, 26.8° E: paleocoordinates 64.7° S, 17.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone other zone, Beaufort Group, Induan (252.2 - 251.2 Ma)
• lower part of the
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: concretion
Collected by F. E. Peabody, C. L. Camp in 1947; reposited in the UCMP
Collection methods: surface (float), mechanical,
Primary reference: A. A. Warren. 1998. Karoo tupilakosaurid: a relict from Gondwana. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences 89:145-160 [W. Dahdul/A. Dececchi/R. Butler]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 145516: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 04.06.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Thabanchuia oomie n. gen. n. sp.
Thabanchuia oomie n. gen. n. sp. Warren 1998 tetrapod UCMP 42780, almost complete skull, mandibles and pectoral girdle. UCMP 42777, 42778, 42781
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