Also known as Sneewberg
Where: Eastern Cape, South Africa (31.8° S, 24.9° E: paleocoordinates 62.9° S, 28.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone zone, 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
Preservation: mold/impression
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 177606: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Juan Benito Moreno on 06.04.2016, edited by Bethany Allen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes | |
"Cynosuchus suppostus n. gen. n. sp." = Cynosaurus suppostus
"Cynosuchus suppostus n. gen. n. sp." = Cynosaurus suppostus Owen 1876 cynodont Albany Museum specimen
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Lycosaurus pardalis n. sp.1
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Scaloposaurus constrictus Owen therapsid | |
Tigrisuchus simus Owen therapsid | |
Eurycarpus oweni n. gen. n. sp.2 Seeley 1889 dicynodont NHMUK 46075, two slabs containing natural molds of a partial dicynodon skeleton
Endothiodon bathystoma Owen dicynodont |