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

Also known as Murraysburg

Where: Western Cape, South Africa (31.9° S, 24.0° E: paleocoordinates 62.2° S, 29.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone zone, Beaufort Group, Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• Direct dates for the 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 175566: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Juan Benito Moreno on 14.12.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Anomodontia - Cryptodontidae
"Oudenodon bainii" = Oudenodon bainii, "Dicynodon breviceps n. sp." = Oudenodon bainii
"Oudenodon bainii" = Oudenodon bainii Owen 1859 therapsid
"Dicynodon breviceps n. sp." = Oudenodon bainii Owen 1859 therapsid
SAM-PK-2366, a badly weathered, crushed partial skull and lower jaws
 Dicynodontia -
Dicynodontia indet. dicynodont
Unidentified specimens include small to large Dicynodontia
 Dicynodontia - Cistecephalidae
Cistecephalus microrhinus Owen 1876 dicynodont
Six skulls