Also known as Bethesda Rd Station
Where: Eastern Cape, South Africa (31.9° S, 24.6° E: paleocoordinates 63.0° S, 27.9° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Dicynodon Assemblage Zone zone, Beaufort Group, Wuchiapingian to Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 252.2 Ma)
• Direct maximum date for the Dicynodon Assemblage Zone from Rubidge et al., 2013
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
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 176336: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Juan Benito Moreno on 08.02.2016, edited by Bethany Allen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Osteichthyes | |
"Aelurognathus minor n. sp." = Lycaenops minor6
"Aelurognathus minor n. sp." = Lycaenops minor6 Brink and Kitching 1953 therapsid BP/1/262, crushed skull
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Moschorhinus kitchingi n. gen. n. sp.1
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"Notosollasia laticeps n. gen. n. sp." = Theriognathus microps1
"Notosollasia laticeps n. gen. n. sp." = Theriognathus microps1 Owen 1876 therapsid BMNH R5699, skull with lower jaw
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"Dicynodontoides parringtoni n. sp." = Dicynodontoides recurvidens4
"Dicynodontoides parringtoni n. sp." = Dicynodontoides recurvidens4 Owen 1876 dicynodont RC 45, a poorly preserved and prepared skull
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"Dicynodon kitchingi" = Dicynodon lacerticeps
"Dicynodon kitchingi" = Dicynodon lacerticeps Owen 1845 dicynodont | |
"Lystrosaurus rubidgei n. sp." = Lystrosaurus murrayi5
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"Dicynodon microdon n. sp." = Basilodon woodwardi3
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"Dicynodon vanderbyli n. sp." = Oudenodon bainii2
"Dicynodon vanderbyli n. sp." = Oudenodon bainii2 Owen 1859 therapsid MMK 4042, a very poorly preserved partial skull
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| Reptilia | |
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Pareiasaurus serridens Owen parareptile | |
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Spondylolestes rubidgei Broom 1937 parareptile | |