Zuurplaats, Graaff-Reinet (Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone) (Permian of South Africa)

Also known as Zuurplaas

Where: Eastern Cape, South Africa (32.0° S, 24.2° E: paleocoordinates 62.4° S, 29.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone zone, Beaufort Group, Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• Direct dates for the Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone from Rubidge et al., 2013

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: F. Broili and J. Schröder. 1936. Beobachtungen an Wirbeltieren der Karrooformation. XXII. Ein neuer Galesauride aus der Cynognathus-Zone. Sitzungsberichte der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Abteilung 1936:269-282 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 177587: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Juan Benito Moreno on 05.04.2016

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Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Anomodontia - Cryptodontidae
"Oudenodon marlothi n. sp." = Oudenodon bainii
"Oudenodon marlothi n. sp." = Oudenodon bainii Owen 1859 therapsid
BSP 1935 VIII 32, a complete, dorsoventrally crushed skull and lower jaws