Adendorp, Graaff-Reinet (Permian of South Africa)

Also known as The Third Drift, Sundays River

Where: Eastern Cape, South Africa (32.3° S, 24.5° E: paleocoordinates 62.8° S, 29.4° 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

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 178113: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Juan Benito Moreno on 19.04.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Anomodontia - Cryptodontidae
"Dicynodon scheepersi n. sp." = Rhachiocephalus magnus, "Dicynodon whaitsi" = Odontocyclops whaitsi
"Dicynodon scheepersi n. sp." = Rhachiocephalus magnus Owen 1876 therapsid
RC 95, a well-preserved skull missing the right postorbital bar
"Dicynodon whaitsi" = Odontocyclops whaitsi Broom 1913 therapsid
 Dicynodontia -
Dicynodontia indet. dicynodont
Unidentifies specimens from this locality include medium and large Dicynodontia
 Therapsida - Gorgonopidae
Clelandina rubidgei n. gen. n. sp.
Clelandina rubidgei n. gen. n. sp. Broom 1948 therapsid
RC 57, poorly-preserved skull