Where: Eastern Cape, South Africa (32.2° S, 24.6° E: paleocoordinates 62.7° S, 29.1° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone zone, Oudeberg Member (Balfour Formation), Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)
• Direct dates for the Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone from Rubidge et al., 2013
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: RC: Rubidge Collection, Wellwood
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 176504: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Juan Benito Moreno on 15.02.2016, edited by Richard Butler
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes | |
"Dicynodon cyclops n. sp." = Oudenodon bainii2
"Dicynodon cyclops n. sp." = Oudenodon bainii2 Owen 1859 therapsid SAM-PK-3447, a poorly prepared partial skull
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"Pardocephalus wallacei n. gen. n. sp." = Smilesaurus ferox1 Broom 1948 therapsid RC 82, partial skull
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Reptilia | |
Anthodon serrarius Owen 1876 parareptile |