Also known as Groot Driefontein
Where: Western Cape, South Africa (31.9° S, 23.9° E: paleocoordinates 62.1° S, 29.1° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone zone, Teekloof Formation (Beaufort Group), Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)
• Direct maximum date for the Dicynodon Aseemblage Zone from Rubidge et al., 2013
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by J. Kitching in 1940
• R.C. = "S. H. Rubidge collection housed on the farm Wellwood near Graff Reinet" (Gow, 1972)
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 174736: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Juan Benito Moreno on 26.11.2015, edited by Bethany Allen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes | |
Oudenodon bainii, "Platycyclops rubidgei n. sp." = Rhachiocephalus magnus
Oudenodon bainii Owen 1859 therapsid | |
Dicynodontia indet. dicynodont | |
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"Dicynodon macrodon n. sp." = Dinanomodon gilli1
"Dicynodon macrodon n. sp." = Dinanomodon gilli1 Broom 1932 dicynodont RC 22, a laterally crushed skull missing the temporal arches
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Ictidosuchops watermeyeri therapsid | |
"Scylacocephalus watermeyeri n. gen. n. sp." = Aelurosaurus watermeyeri1
"Scylacocephalus watermeyeri n. gen. n. sp." = Aelurosaurus watermeyeri1 Broom 1940 therapsid RC 21, skull
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Reptilia | |
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