Klein Koedoeskop, Beaufort West (Permian of South Africa)

Also known as Kleinkoedoeskop, Klein Koedoes Kop

Where: Western Cape, South Africa (32.5° S, 22.2° E: paleocoordinates 59.8° S, 34.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• Radioisotopic data constrains the likely age of the Tapinocephalus Zone to Capitanian (Rubidge et al. 2013).

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: SAM: South African Museum, Cape Town

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 176314: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 07.02.2016, edited by Bethany Allen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Therapsida - Titanosuchidae
Jonkeria sp.1 Hoepen 1916 therapsid
Jonkeria koupensis n. sp.1 Boonstra 1955 therapsid
 Therapsida - Anteosauridae
"Anteosaurus abeli" = Anteosaurus magnificus1
"Anteosaurus abeli" = Anteosaurus magnificus1 Watson 1921 therapsid
 Therapsida - Tapinocephalidae
Struthiocephalus whaitsi1 Haughton 1915 therapsid
 Therocephalia - Pristerognathidae
Pristerognathus sp.1 Seeley 1895 therapsid
Scymnosaurus major n. sp.1 Boonstra 1954 therapsid
 Dicynodontia - Pylaecephalidae
Robertia broomiana n. gen. n. sp.2
Robertia broomiana n. gen. n. sp.2 Boonstra 1948 dicynodont
SAM-PK-11761
 Therapsida -
"Hipposaurus boonstrai n. gen. n. sp." = Hipposaurus boonstrai, "Hipposaurus major n. sp." = Hipposaurus boonstrai
"Hipposaurus boonstrai n. gen. n. sp." = Hipposaurus boonstrai Haughton 1929 therapsid
SAM-PK-8950
"Hipposaurus major n. sp." = Hipposaurus boonstrai Haughton 1929 therapsid
SAM-PK-9081