Seekoeigat, Prince Albert (Permian of South Africa)

Also known as Seekoegat, Zeekoeigat

Where: Western Cape, South Africa (33.1° S, 22.5° E: paleocoordinates 60.2° S, 35.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone other zone, Capitanian (264.3 - 259.5 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: NM: National Museum, Bloemfontein

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 176247: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 04.02.2016, edited by Juan Benito Moreno and Bethany Allen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Therocephalia - Pristerognathidae
Pristerognathoides sp. Boonstra 1954 therapsid
 Therocephalia - Scylacosauridae
Glanosuchus macrops Broom 1904 therapsid
 Therocephalia - Alopecodontidae
"Alopecodon priscus n. sp." = Alopecodon priscus, "Alopecodon rugosus n. sp." = Alopecodon priscus2
"Alopecodon priscus n. sp." = Alopecodon priscus Broom therapsid
"Alopecodon rugosus n. sp." = Alopecodon priscus2 Broom therapsid
 Therapsida - Titanosuchidae
"Scapanodon duplessisi n. sp." = Titanosuchus ferox2
"Scapanodon duplessisi n. sp." = Titanosuchus ferox2 Owen 1879 therapsid
 Dicynodontia -
Dicynodon megalorhinus2 Broom 1904 dicynodont
 Dicynodontia - Pylaecephalidae
Robertia broomiana4 Boonstra 1948 dicynodont
SAM-PK-1337, a skull
Eosimops newtoni1 Broom 1921 dicynodont
 Therapsida -
Eriphostoma microdon3 Broom 1911 therapsid
NMQR 3006