Burgersdorp Area (Triassic of South Africa)

Where: Eastern Cape, South Africa (31.0° S, 26.3° E: paleocoordinates 66.9° S, 13.7° 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 177025: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Juan Benito Moreno on 16.03.2016, edited by Bethany Allen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Therocephalia - Bauriidae
Microhelodon eumerus n. gen.1 Broom 1931 therapsid
NHMUK R3581, partial skull and postcrania
 Therapsida -
Cynognathus crateronotus Seeley 1895 cynodont
 Therapsida - Trirachodontidae
Trirachodon berryi, "Trirachodon kannemeyeri" = Cricodon kannemeyeri
Trirachodon berryi Seeley 1895 cynodont
"Trirachodon kannemeyeri" = Cricodon kannemeyeri Seeley cynodont
 Therapsida -
Diademodon tetragonus Seeley 1894 cynodont
 Dicynodontia -
"Dicynodon latifrons n. sp." = Kannemeyeria simocephala2
"Dicynodon latifrons n. sp." = Kannemeyeria simocephala2 Weithofer 1888 dicynodont
AMG 4799, an anteroposteriorly crushed partial skull
Amphibia
 Temnospondyli - Brachyopidae
Bathignathus watsoni n. gen. n. sp.3
Bathignathus watsoni n. gen. n. sp.3 Haughton 1925 tetrapod