Also known as De Cyfer
Where: Western Cape, South Africa (32.5° S, 22.0° E: paleocoordinates 59.6° S, 34.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone other zone, Abrahamskraal Formation (Beaufort Group), Capitanian (264.3 - 259.5 Ma)
• Angielczyk et al. (2016) list this locality as Tapinocephalus Zone. 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: K. D. Angielczyk, B. S. Rubidge, M. O. Day and F. Lin. 2016. A reevaluation of Brachyprosopus broomi and Chelydontops altidentalis, dicynodonts (Therapsida, Anomodontia) from the middle Permian Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone of the Karoo Basin, South Africa. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e1078342 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 176349: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 08.02.2016, edited by Bethany Allen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Chelydontops altidentalis n. gen. n. sp." = Brachyprosopus broomi
"Chelydontops altidentalis n. gen. n. sp." = Brachyprosopus broomi Olson 1937 dicynodont SAM-PK-11558, partial skull and mandible, including a damaged snout and anterior portion of the palate, the skull roof, basicranium, and occiput, a portion of the left mandibular ramus, axis, and cervical vertebrae 3–5
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"Pnigalion oweni n. gen. n. sp." = Moschops koupensis
"Pnigalion oweni n. gen. n. sp." = Moschops koupensis Boonstra 1957 therapsid |