Where: Northern Cape, South Africa (31.3° S, 24.5° E: paleocoordinates 62.3° S, 27.4° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone zone, Beaufort Group, Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)
• Direct dates for the Cistecephalus 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 176916: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Juan Benito Moreno on 07.03.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Dicynodon clarencei n. sp." = Dicynodontoides recurvidens2
"Dicynodon clarencei n. sp." = Dicynodontoides recurvidens2 Owen 1876 dicynodont RC 97, a well preserved, dorsoventrally crushed skull with jaws
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"Oudenodon truncatus n. sp." = Oudenodon bainii1
"Oudenodon truncatus n. sp." = Oudenodon bainii1 Owen 1859 therapsid PEM Unnumbered, a very poorly preserved partial skull, now lost
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