Brookfield (Dicynodon Assemblage Zone) (Permian to of South Africa)

Also known as Engelsmanskraal

Where: Western Cape, South Africa (31.9° S, 23.7° E: paleocoordinates 62.3° S, 28.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Dicynodon Assemblage Zone zone, Wuchiapingian to Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 252.2 Ma)

• Direct maximum date for Dicynodon 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 175332: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Juan Benito Moreno on 09.12.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Therapsida -
Gorgonopsia indet. Seeley 1894 therapsid
 Dicynodontia -
 Anomodontia - Cryptodontidae
"Dicynodon benjamini n. sp." = Keyseria benjamini
"Dicynodon benjamini n. sp." = Keyseria benjamini Broom 1948 therapsid
RC 63, a complete but laterally compressed skull