Where: Free State, South Africa (30.6° S, 26.6° E: paleocoordinates 66.8° S, 12.6° W)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Burgersdorp Formation (Beaufort Group), Anisian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)
• Cynognathus Assemblage Zone, Subzone B: early Anisian
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by D. Wolvaardt
Collection methods: surface (float),
• SAM: South African Museum, Cape Town
Primary reference: R. J. Butler, M. D. Ezcurra, F. C. Montefeltro, A. Samathi, and G. Sobral. 2015. A new species of basal rhynchosaur (Diapsida: Archosauromorpha) from the early Middle Triassic of South Africa, and the early evolution of Rhynchosauria. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 174(3):571-588 [R. Butler/R. Butler/R. Butler]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 171026: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 01.07.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Kannemeyeria sp. Seeley 1908 dicynodont | |
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Trirachodon sp. Seeley 1895 cynodont | |
| Reptilia | |
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Procolophonidae indet. Lydekker 1889 parareptile | |
Eohyosaurus wolvaardti n. gen. n. sp.
Eohyosaurus wolvaardti n. gen. n. sp. Butler et al. 2015 rhynchosaur SAM-PK-K10159, partial skull missing the anterior end,with associated incomplete lower jaws
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Erythrosuchus africanus Broom 1905 archosauromorph | |