Blue Gum House (Permian to of South Africa)

Also known as Bluegum House

Where: Eastern Cape, South Africa (31.9° S, 24.9° E: paleocoordinates 63.3° S, 27.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

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

• Direct maximum date for the 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 175553: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Juan Benito Moreno on 14.12.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Dicynodontia -
"Daptocephalus leoniceps" = Daptocephalus leoniceps, "Dicynodon osborni" = Daptocephalus leoniceps, "Dicynodon kitchingi n. sp." = Dicynodon lacerticeps
"Daptocephalus leoniceps" = Daptocephalus leoniceps Owen dicynodont
"Dicynodon osborni" = Daptocephalus leoniceps Owen dicynodont
"Dicynodon kitchingi n. sp." = Dicynodon lacerticeps Owen 1845 dicynodont
TM 345, a poorly preserved skull
 Therocephalia - Akidnognathidae
Cerdosuchus aulodon Broom 1936 therapsid