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

Also known as Klippefontein

Where: Eastern Cape, South Africa (32.0° S, 24.8° E: paleocoordinates 62.9° S, 28.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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: R. Broom. 1940. On some new genera and species of fossil reptiles from the Karroo Beds of Graaff-Reinet. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 20:157-192 [H. Sims/J. Camp/R. Butler]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 176331: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Juan Benito Moreno on 08.02.2016

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Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Dicynodontia -
Dicynodontia indet.2 dicynodont
Unidentified specimens include small to large Dicynodontia
 Dicynodontia - Cistecephalidae
Cistecephalus microrhinus2 Owen 1876 dicynodont
 Dicynodontia -
"Dicynodon calverleyi n. sp." = Basilodon woodwardi, "Dicynodon trigonocephalus n. sp." = Dicynodon lacerticeps, "Keirognathus cordylus n. sp." = Dicynodon cordylus1, "Dicynodon swierstrai n. sp." = Pristerodon mackayi
"Dicynodon calverleyi n. sp." = Basilodon woodwardi Broom 1913 dicynodont
RC 39, a slightly dorsoventrally crushed skull
"Dicynodon trigonocephalus n. sp." = Dicynodon lacerticeps Owen 1845 dicynodont
RC 38, a nearly complete, anteroposteriorly crushed skull
"Keirognathus cordylus n. sp." = Dicynodon cordylus1 Seeley 1888 dicynodont
NHMUK 49413, now considered Dicynodontia indet.
"Dicynodon swierstrai n. sp." = Pristerodon mackayi Huxley 1868 dicynodont
RC 43, a small skull and lower jaws, now lost