Klipbank (Permian of South Africa)
Where: Western Cape, South Africa (32.5° S, 22.5° E: paleocoordinates 60.0° S, 34.4° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Tapinocephalus other zone, Beaufort Group, Capitanian (264.3 - 259.5 Ma)
• group-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 176758: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Juan Benito Moreno on 29.02.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Osteichthyes | |
"Alopecognathus minor n. sp." = Pristerognathoides minor
"Alopecognathus minor n. sp." = Pristerognathoides minor Haughton 1918 therapsid | |
"Dicynodon gamkaensis n. sp." = Diictodon feliceps
"Dicynodon gamkaensis n. sp." = Diictodon feliceps Owen 1876 dicynodont TM 1465, a poorly preserved skull, now lost
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