Also known as Springfontein
Where: Eastern Cape, South Africa (31.5° S, 25.0° E: paleocoordinates 63.2° S, 26.7° 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: C. F. Kammerer, K. D. Angielczyk, and J. Frobisch. 2011. A comprehensive taxonomic revision of Dicynodon (Therapsida, Anomodontia) and its implications for dicynodont phylogeny, biogeography, and biostratigraphy. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31(Sup. to 6):1-158 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/J. Benito Moreno]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 177039: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Juan Benito Moreno on 17.03.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes | |
"Daptocephalus leoniceps" = Daptocephalus leoniceps, "Dicynodon leontocephalus n. sp." = Daptocephalus leoniceps
"Daptocephalus leoniceps" = Daptocephalus leoniceps Owen dicynodont
"Dicynodon leontocephalus n. sp." = Daptocephalus leoniceps Owen dicynodont RC 96, a well preserved, dorsoventrally crushed skull
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