Also known as Watersval Valley, Watervlei
Where: Eastern Cape, South Africa (31.1° S, 27.1° E: paleocoordinates 64.3° S, 25.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone zone, Beaufort Group, Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)
• Direct dates for Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone from Rubidge et al., 2013
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 174734: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Juan Benito Moreno on 26.11.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes | |
"Dicynodon gilli n. sp." = Dinanomodon gilli, "Emydops minimus" = Emydops arctatus
"Dicynodon gilli n. sp." = Dinanomodon gilli Broom 1932 dicynodont SAM-PK-4008, a very poorly preserved skull
"Emydops minimus" = Emydops arctatus Owen 1876 dicynodont | |
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"Dicynodon ictidops" = Diictodon feliceps
"Dicynodon ictidops" = Diictodon feliceps Owen 1876 dicynodont |