Dorsfontein, Graaff-Reinet (Permian of South Africa)

Where: Eastern Cape, South Africa (32.3° S, 24.5° E: paleocoordinates 62.7° S, 29.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the BPI

Primary reference: C. A. Sidor and J. Welman. 2003. A second specimen of Lemurosaurus pricei (Therapsida: Burnetiamorpha). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23(3):631-642 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 176311: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 07.02.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Therapsida -
Lemurosaurus pricei n. gen. n. sp.
Lemurosaurus pricei n. gen. n. sp. Broom 1949 therapsid
BP/1/816, small skull with lower jaws
 Therapsida - Gorgonopidae
Rubidgea atrox n. gen. n. sp.
Rubidgea atrox n. gen. n. sp. Broom 1938 therapsid
RC 13, well-preserved skull with lower jaw