Sondagsriviershoek (Permian of South Africa)

Also known as Zondagsrivier

Where: Eastern Cape, South Africa (32.1° S, 24.2° E: paleocoordinates 62.4° S, 29.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone constrained as Wuchiapingian on the basis of radioisotopic data (Rubidge et al. 2013. Geology).

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the BPI

Primary reference: R. Broom and J. T. Robinson. 1948. Two new cotylosaurian reptiles. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 21:51-54 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 171376: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 09.07.2015

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Taxonomic list

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Osteichthyes
 Therapsida - Gorgonopidae
Rubidgea atrox1, "Sycocephalus bigendens n. gen. n. sp." = Scylacops bigendens3
Rubidgea atrox1 Broom 1938 therapsid
CGS WB 235, partial skull
"Sycocephalus bigendens n. gen. n. sp." = Scylacops bigendens3 Brink and Kitching 1953 therapsid
BP/1/266, well-preserved skull
 Therocephalia - Ictidosuchidae
Ictidosuchoides longiceps2
Ictidosuchoides longiceps2 Broom 1920 therapsid
Reptilia
 Procolophonomorpha -
"Nanoparia pricei n. sp." = Pumiliopareia pricei
"Nanoparia pricei n. sp." = Pumiliopareia pricei Broom and Robinson 1948 parareptile
BP 1/6
1Kammerer 2016; 2Kitching 1977; 3Sigogneau-Russell 1989