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 | |
Gorgonopsia indet. Seeley 1894 therapsid | |
Dicynodontia indet. dicynodont | |
"Dicynodon benjamini n. sp." = Keyseria benjamini
"Dicynodon benjamini n. sp." = Keyseria benjamini Broom 1948 therapsid RC 63, a complete but laterally compressed skull
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