Also known as Quaggasfontein
Where: Western Cape, South Africa (32.0° S, 22.4° E: paleocoordinates 61.0° S, 30.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Tropidostoma Assemblage other zone, Beaufort Group, Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)
• Listed as Cistecephalus Zone by Kitching (1977), and Tropidostoma by Kammerer (2016) and Marsicano et al. (2017)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: SAM: South African Museum, Cape Town
Primary reference: S. H. Haughton. 1913. On a new species of Propappus. Annals of the South African Museum 12:43-45 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 171377: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 09.07.2015, edited by Juan Benito Moreno and Bethany Allen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Gorgonognathus longifrons n. gen. n. sp." = Gorgonops longifrons8, Arctops cf. watsoni8, Scylacops capensis n. gen. n. sp.8, "Scymnognathus tigriceps n. sp." = Aelurognathus tigriceps4, "Aelurognathus tigriceps" = Aelurognathus tigriceps4, "Scymnognathus serratidens n. sp." = Aelurognathus tigriceps4
"Gorgonognathus longifrons n. gen. n. sp." = Gorgonops longifrons8 Haughton 1915 therapsid SAM-PK-2671, incomplete and flattened skull
Scylacops capensis n. gen. n. sp.8 Broom 1913 therapsid SAM-PK-2343 (type), flattened skull with lower jaw and some postcranial elements. SAM-PK-10188, fragmented and incomplete skull with lower jaw and postcranial elements
"Scymnognathus tigriceps n. sp." = Aelurognathus tigriceps4 Broom and Haughton 1913 therapsid SAM-PK-2342, complete skull
"Aelurognathus tigriceps" = Aelurognathus tigriceps4 Broom and Haughton 1913 therapsid SAM-PK-10071, a distorted but mostly complete skull
"Scymnognathus serratidens n. sp." = Aelurognathus tigriceps4 Broom and Haughton 1913 therapsid SAM-PK-2672, snout and lower jaw
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"Dicynodon mustoi n. sp." = Oudenodon bainii5 Owen 1859 therapsid SAM-PK-2674, a well-preserved skull and lower jaws
"Dicynodon grandis n. sp." = Oudenodon grandis3 Haughton 1917 therapsid SAM-PK-2679, a complete skull
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"Dicynodon testudirostris n. sp." = Diictodon feliceps1
"Dicynodon testudirostris n. sp." = Diictodon feliceps1 Owen 1876 dicynodont SAM-PK-2354, a dorsoventrally crushed complete skull
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Emydops sp.5, Emydops platyceps n. sp.5, "Endothiodon whaitsi" = Endothiodon bathystoma5, Pristerodon sp.5, "Dicynodon pygmaeus n. sp." = Pristerodon mackayi2, Dicynodon sp.5
"Dicynodon pygmaeus n. sp." = Pristerodon mackayi2 Huxley 1868 dicynodont SAM-PK-2664, a complete skull and mandibular symphysis, mostly embedded in matrix
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Pareiasauria indet.5, Pareiasaurus serridens5, Pareiasuchus peringueyi5, "Propappus parvus n. sp." = Anthodon serrarius
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Rhinesuchus sp.7 Broom 1908 tetrapod SAM-PK-3010, partial postcranial skeleton (same number as Eryops?)
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