Biesjiespoort, Victoria West (Permian of South Africa)

Also known as Biesiespoort, Nobelsfontein

Where: Northern Cape, South Africa (31.4° S, 23.1° E: paleocoordinates 61.3° S, 28.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

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

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

• 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 174666: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Juan Benito Moreno on 23.11.2015, edited by Richard Butler, Bethany Allen and Austin Morgan

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Osteichthyes
 Therapsida - Gorgonopidae
"Gorgonopsidae indet." = Gorgonopidae10, Gorgonops torvus10, Lycaenops ornatus n. gen. n. sp.10, "Cynarioides tenuis n. gen. n. sp." = Aloposaurus tenuis3
"Gorgonopsidae indet." = Gorgonopidae10 Lydekker 1890 therapsid
BMNH R 5746, isolated braincase
Gorgonops torvus10 Owen 1876 therapsid
BP/1/386, crushed skull with right lower jaw
Lycaenops ornatus n. gen. n. sp.10 Broom 1925 therapsid
AMNH 2240, compressed skull with lower jaw, and most of the postcranial skeleton
"Cynarioides tenuis n. gen. n. sp." = Aloposaurus tenuis3 Brink and Kitching 1953 therapsid
MMK 2046, crushed skull with lower jaw
 Therapsida -
Cynarioides gracilis n. sp., "Cynariops robustus n. gen. n. sp." = Scylacognathus robustus10, "Cynariops sp." = Eriphostoma1
Cynarioides gracilis n. sp. Broom 1930 therapsid
Sectioned skull (location of type specimen currently unknown)
"Cynariops robustus n. gen. n. sp." = Scylacognathus robustus10 Broom 1925 therapsid
BMNH R 5743
"Cynariops sp." = Eriphostoma1 Broom 1911 therapsid
 Anomodontia - Cryptodontidae
"Bainia peavoti n. sp." = Aulacephalodon bainii5, "Dicynodon andrewsi n. sp." = Oudenodon bainii2, "Dicynodon wilmanae n. sp." = Oudenodon bainii4, "Dicynodon curtus n. sp." = Oudenodon bainii2
"Bainia peavoti n. sp." = Aulacephalodon bainii5 Owen 1845 therapsid
A complete skull
"Dicynodon andrewsi n. sp." = Oudenodon bainii2 Owen 1859 therapsid
MMK 4169, a strongle laterallly sheared skull missing the left squamosal and portions of both temporal arches
"Dicynodon wilmanae n. sp." = Oudenodon bainii4 Owen 1859 therapsid
MMK 4167, a well-preserved skull missing the right zygomatic arch
"Dicynodon curtus n. sp." = Oudenodon bainii2 Owen 1859 therapsid
SAM-PK-7850, a distorted skull and disarticulated lower jaw
 Dicynodontia - Pristerodontidae
Emydorhynchus formosus n. sp.6 Broom 1935 dicynodont
TM 241, a crushed skull
Emyduranus platyops n. gen. n. sp.2 Broom 1921 dicynodont
BMNH R4959, a skull
 Dicynodontia - Pylaecephalidae
"Dicynodon psittacops" = Diictodon feliceps, "Dicynodon sollasi n. sp." = Diictodon feliceps2
"Dicynodon psittacops" = Diictodon feliceps Owen 1876 dicynodont
"Dicynodon sollasi n. sp." = Diictodon feliceps2 Owen 1876 dicynodont
SAM-PK-7420, a dorsoventrally crushed complete skull and lower jaws
 Dicynodontia -
"Emydopsis longus n. sp." = Emydops arctatus, "Storthyggognathus haughtoni n. gen. n. sp." = Emydops haughtoni8
"Emydopsis longus n. sp." = Emydops arctatus Owen 1876 dicynodont
Three skulls, including the holotype BMHN R. 4956-9
"Storthyggognathus haughtoni n. gen. n. sp." = Emydops haughtoni8 Janensch 1952 dicynodont
BMNK, a skull
 Dicynodontia - Cistecephalidae
"Cistecephalus angusticeps n. sp." = Cistecephalus microrhinus5
"Cistecephalus angusticeps n. sp." = Cistecephalus microrhinus5 Owen 1876 dicynodont
BMNH R 5763, a skull
 Dicynodontia - Emydopidae
Palemydops platysoma n. gen. n. sp.2
Palemydops platysoma n. gen. n. sp.2 Broom 1921 dicynodont
BMNH R 4955, a skull
 Therapsida -
Lycaenodon longiceps n. gen. n. sp.9
Lycaenodon longiceps n. gen. n. sp.9 Broom 1925 therapsid
BMNH R5700, anterior two-thirds of a skull lacking lower jaws
 Therocephalia -
Hofmeyria atavus7 Broom 1935 therapsid