Elandsberg (Triassic of South Africa)

Also known as Elandsburg

Where: Eastern Cape, South Africa (32.1° S, 25.7° E: paleocoordinates 65.4° S, 24.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone zone, Katberg Formation (Beaufort Group), Induan (252.2 - 251.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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 176503: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Juan Benito Moreno on 15.02.2016

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Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Dicynodontia - Lystrosauridae
Lystrosaurus murrayi Huxley 1859 dicynodont
"Dicynodon curvatus n. sp." = Lystrosaurus curvatus Owen 1876 dicynodont
NMHUK R3792, a laterally crushed skull
Lystrosaurus declivis Brink 1951 dicynodont
Lystrosaurus maccaigi n. sp. Seeley 1898 dicynodont
AM 404, partial skull