Also known as St. Olives
Where: Eastern Cape, South Africa (32.1° S, 24.4° E: paleocoordinates 63.0° S, 28.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Dicynodon Assemblage Zone zone, Beaufort Group, Wuchiapingian to Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 252.2 Ma)
• Maximum date for the Dicynodon 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 176917: 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 maccabei n. sp." = Oudenodon bainii1
"Dicynodon maccabei n. sp." = Oudenodon bainii1 Owen 1859 therapsid RC 52, a laterally compressed partial skull
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"Dicynodon grahami n. sp." = Kingoria grahami1 Broom 1940 dicynodont RC 40, a dorsoventrally crushed skull
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"Dicynodon nanus" = Diictodon feliceps
"Dicynodon nanus" = Diictodon feliceps Owen 1876 dicynodont | |
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"Whaitsia platyceps" = Theriognathus microps
"Whaitsia platyceps" = Theriognathus microps Owen 1876 therapsid | |
"Aloposauroides tenuis n. gen. n. sp." = Aloposaurus tenuis, "Prorubidgea maccabei n. gen. n. sp." = Aelurognathus tigriceps2
"Aloposauroides tenuis n. gen. n. sp." = Aloposaurus tenuis Brink and Kitching 1953 therapsid BP/1/256, flattened and crushed skull with lower jaw
"Prorubidgea maccabei n. gen. n. sp." = Aelurognathus tigriceps2 Broom and Haughton 1913 therapsid RC 34, complete skull and lower jaws
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