Hoeksplaas (Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone) (Permian of South Africa)

Also known as Kleinefontein

Where: Eastern Cape, South Africa (31.6° S, 23.2° E: paleocoordinates 61.5° S, 29.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone zone, Oukloof Member (Teekloof Formation), Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• Direct date for the Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone from Rubidge et al., 2013

•Per Bender 2001, Cistecephalus zone west of 24 degrees E is represented by Oukloof member, Teekloof formation

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. W. Kitching. 1977. The distribution of the Karroo vertebrate fauna. Memoirs of the Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Research 1:1-131 [H. Sims/J. Camp]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 174622: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Juan Benito Moreno on 19.11.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Anomodontia - Cryptodontidae
Oudenodon bainii Owen 1859 therapsid
Aulacephalodon cadlei n. sp.1 Broom 1948 therapsid
Partial skull
 Dicynodontia -
 Dicynodontia - Cistecephalidae
Cistecephalus microrhinus Owen 1876 dicynodont
17 skulls
 Dicynodontia -
"Dicynodon aetorhamphus n. sp." = Dicynodon lacerticeps1
"Dicynodon aetorhamphus n. sp." = Dicynodon lacerticeps1 Owen 1845 dicynodont
RC 85, a complete skull
 Therocephalia -
 Therapsida -
Gorgonopsia indet. Seeley 1894 therapsid
 Therapsida - Gorgonopidae
Cyonosaurus longiceps2 Olson 1937 therapsid
BP/1/253, well-preserved skull
 Palaeonisciformes - Atherstoniidae
Atherstonia sp. Woodward 1889