Gats River, Graaff-Reinet (Permian to of South Africa)

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

Osteichthyes
 Dicynodontia -
"Dicynodon leoniceps n. sp." = Daptocephalus leoniceps
"Dicynodon leoniceps n. sp." = Daptocephalus leoniceps Owen dicynodont
NHMUK 47047, a complete, well-preserved skull