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 | |
Oudenodon bainii Owen 1859 therapsid | |
Dicynodontia indet. dicynodont | |
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"Dicynodon aetorhamphus n. sp." = Dicynodon lacerticeps1
"Dicynodon aetorhamphus n. sp." = Dicynodon lacerticeps1 Owen 1845 dicynodont RC 85, a complete skull
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Therocephalia indet. therapsid | |
Gorgonopsia indet. Seeley 1894 therapsid | |
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Atherstonia sp. Woodward 1889 |