Brookfield (Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone) (Permian of South Africa)

Also known as Engelsmanskraal

Where: Western Cape, South Africa (31.9° S, 23.7° E: paleocoordinates 61.9° S, 29.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone zone, 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 175331: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Juan Benito Moreno on 09.12.2015

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Taxonomic list

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Osteichthyes
 Therapsida -
Gorgonopsia indet.
Gorgonopsia indet. Seeley 1894 therapsid
 Therapsida - Gorgonopidae
"Scymnognathus holmesi n. sp." = Lycaenops sollasi
"Scymnognathus holmesi n. sp." = Lycaenops sollasi Broili and Schröder 1935 therapsid
RC 61, skull and cervical vertebrae
 Dicynodontia -
Dicynodontia indet.
 Dicynodontia - Cistecephalidae
Cistecephalus microrhinus
Cistecephalus microrhinus Owen 1876 dicynodont
Seven skulls