Where: Eastern Cape, South Africa (32.1° S, 24.5° E: paleocoordinates 63.1° S, 28.4° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Dicynodon Assemblage Zone zone, Beaufort Group, Wuchiapingian to Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 252.2 Ma)
• Direct 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 177038: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Juan Benito Moreno on 17.03.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Dicynodon leoniceps n. sp." = Daptocephalus leoniceps
"Dicynodon leoniceps n. sp." = Daptocephalus leoniceps Owen dicynodont NHMUK 47047, a complete, well-preserved skull
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