Wilgerbosch, New Bethesda (Permian to of South Africa)

Also known as Wilgersbosch

Where: Eastern Cape, South Africa (31.8° S, 24.6° E: paleocoordinates 63.0° S, 27.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• Direct dates for the Dicynodon Assemblage Zone from Rubidge et al., 2013

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the AMNH

Primary reference: D. S. Sigogneau-Russell. 1989. Theriodontia I: Phthinosuchia, Biarmosuchia, Eotitanosuchia, Gorgonopsia. Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology [R. Butler/R. Butler/R. Butler]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 176312: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 07.02.2016, edited by Juan Benito Moreno and Bethany Allen

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Taxonomic list

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Osteichthyes
 Therocephalia - Whaitsiidae
"Moschorhynchus latirostris n. gen. n. sp." = Theriognathus microps1
"Moschorhynchus latirostris n. gen. n. sp." = Theriognathus microps1 Owen 1876 therapsid
TM 246 (holotype), skull
 Therocephalia - Akidnognathidae
Promoschorhynchus platyrhinus n. gen. n. sp.1, "Moschorhinus esterhuyseni n. sp." = Moschorhinus kitchingi4
Promoschorhynchus platyrhinus n. gen. n. sp.1 Brink 1954 therapsid
BP/1/192, partial skull
"Moschorhinus esterhuyseni n. sp." = Moschorhinus kitchingi4 Broom 1920 therapsid
Skull
 Dicynodontia -
Dicynodontia indet.4, "Daptocephalus leoniceps" = Daptocephalus leoniceps4, "Dicynodon lissops n. sp." = Daptocephalus leoniceps4
Dicynodontia indet.4 dicynodont
Unidentified specimens include small and large Dicynodontia
"Daptocephalus leoniceps" = Daptocephalus leoniceps4 Owen dicynodont
Represented by four skulls
"Dicynodon lissops n. sp." = Daptocephalus leoniceps4 Owen dicynodont
AMNH FARB 5508, a laterally compressed skull missing the temporal arches
 Dicynodontia - Lystrosauridae
Lystrosaurus maccaigi3
Lystrosaurus maccaigi3 Seeley 1898 dicynodont
UCMP 42707
 Anomodontia - Cryptodontidae
"Dicynodon tylorhinus n. sp." = Pelanomodon moschops2, "Propelanomodon devilliersi n. sp." = Pelanomodon moschops5
"Dicynodon tylorhinus n. sp." = Pelanomodon moschops2 Broom 1913 therapsid
AMNH FARB 5511, a well preserved snout
"Propelanomodon devilliersi n. sp." = Pelanomodon moschops5 Broom 1913 therapsid
BPI 138, a complete skull
 Therapsida - Gorgonopidae
Cyonosaurus kitchingi4, "Scymnognathus angusticeps n. sp." = Lycaenops angusticeps
Cyonosaurus kitchingi4 Broom 1948 therapsid
"Scymnognathus angusticeps n. sp." = Lycaenops angusticeps Broom 1913 therapsid
AMNH 5537, crushed skull with dentary
 Therapsida -
Ictidorhinus martinsi n. gen. n. sp.
Ictidorhinus martinsi n. gen. n. sp. Broom 1913 therapsid
AMNH 5526
1Brink 1954; 2Broom 1913; 3Cosgriff et al. 1982; 4Kitching 1977; 5Toerien 1955