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
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"Cynariops robustus n. gen. n. sp." = Scylacognathus robustus10, "Cynariops sp." = Eriphostoma1, Cynarioides gracilis n. sp.
Cynarioides gracilis n. sp. Broom 1930 therapsid Sectioned skull (location of type specimen currently unknown)
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"Gorgonopsidae indet." = Gorgonopidae10, Gorgonops torvus10, Lycaenops ornatus n. gen. n. sp.10, "Cynarioides tenuis n. gen. n. sp." = Aloposaurus tenuis3
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
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"Bainia peavoti n. sp." = Aulacephalodon bainii5, "Dicynodon andrewsi n. sp." = Oudenodon bainii2, "Dicynodon curtus n. sp." = Oudenodon bainii2, "Dicynodon wilmanae n. sp." = Oudenodon bainii4
"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 curtus n. sp." = Oudenodon bainii2 Owen 1859 therapsid SAM-PK-7850, a distorted skull and disarticulated lower jaw
"Dicynodon wilmanae n. sp." = Oudenodon bainii4 Owen 1859 therapsid MMK 4167, a well-preserved skull missing the right zygomatic arch
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"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
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"Cistecephalus angusticeps n. sp." = Cistecephalus microrhinus5
"Cistecephalus angusticeps n. sp." = Cistecephalus microrhinus5 Owen 1876 dicynodont BMNH R 5763, a skull
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"Storthyggognathus haughtoni n. gen. n. sp." = Emydops haughtoni8, "Emydopsis longus n. sp." = Emydops arctatus
"Storthyggognathus haughtoni n. gen. n. sp." = Emydops haughtoni8 Janensch 1952 dicynodont BMNK, a skull
"Emydopsis longus n. sp." = Emydops arctatus Owen 1876 dicynodont Three skulls, including the holotype BMHN R. 4956-9
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Palemydops platysoma n. gen. n. sp.2
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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
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