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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"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
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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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Palemydops platysoma n. gen. n. sp.2
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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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"Dicynodon wilmanae n. sp." = Oudenodon bainii4, "Dicynodon andrewsi n. sp." = Oudenodon bainii2, "Dicynodon curtus n. sp." = Oudenodon bainii2, "Bainia peavoti n. sp." = Aulacephalodon bainii5
"Dicynodon wilmanae n. sp." = Oudenodon bainii4 Owen 1859 therapsid MMK 4167, a well-preserved skull missing the right zygomatic arch
"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
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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, Lycaenops ornatus n. gen. n. sp.10, "Cynarioides tenuis n. gen. n. sp." = Aloposaurus tenuis3, Gorgonops torvus10
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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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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