Also known as Molteno Pass
Where: Limpopo, South Africa (23.2° S, 30.4° E: paleocoordinates 62.4° S, 6.6° W)
• coordinate stated in text
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: R. Broom. 1912. On some new South African Permian reptiles. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1911:1073-1082 [R. Butler/J. Benito Moreno]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 178198: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Juan Benito Moreno on 26.04.2016, edited by Bethany Allen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Cryptocynodon simus n. sp.
Cryptocynodon simus n. sp. Seeley 1894 dicynodont NHMUK PV R2582 (holotype), poorly preserved partial skull
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"Dicynodon whaitsi n. sp." = Odontocyclops whaitsi, "Dicynodon laticeps n. sp." = Aulacephalodon bainii
"Dicynodon whaitsi n. sp." = Odontocyclops whaitsi Broom 1913 therapsid AMNH FARB 5566, a laterally crushed partial skull and anterior portion of the lower jaws
"Dicynodon laticeps n. sp." = Aulacephalodon bainii Owen 1845 therapsid AMNH FARB 5564, a nearly complete, strongly dorsoventrally crushed skull
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