Howse Poort, Fort Beaufort (Permian of South Africa)

Where: Eastern Cape, South Africa (32.8° S, 26.6° E: paleocoordinates 64.6° S, 28.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone constrained as Wuchiapingian on the basis of radioisotopic data (Rubidge et al. 2013)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: D. S. Sigogneau-Russell. 1989. Theriodontia I: Phthinosuchia, Biarmosuchia, Eotitanosuchia, Gorgonopsia. Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology [R. Butler/R. Butler/R. Butler]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 178694: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 12.05.2016

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Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Therapsida - Gorgonopidae
Arctops willistoni n. gen. n. sp.
Arctops willistoni n. gen. n. sp. Watson 1914 therapsid
BMNH 4099, posterior half of a skull