Dwarsvlaei, Aliwal North (Triassic of South Africa)

Where: Eastern Cape, South Africa (31.6° S, 25.0° E: paleocoordinates 66.4° S, 16.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Cynognathus Assemblage Zone zone, Burgersdorp Formation (Beaufort Group), Anisian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

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 177022: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Juan Benito Moreno on 16.03.2016

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Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Dicynodontia -
"Dicynodon simocephalus n. sp." = Kannemeyeria simocephala
"Dicynodon simocephalus n. sp." = Kannemeyeria simocephala Weithofer 1888 dicynodont
NMW 8178, right side of the skull