Blaaukrans, Graaff-Reinet, Cistecephalus AZ (Permian of South Africa)

Also known as Bloukrans

Where: Eastern Cape, South Africa (32.3° S, 24.5° E: paleocoordinates 62.7° S, 29.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: RC: Rubidge Collection

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 178740: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 13.05.2016

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Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Therapsida - Gorgonopidae
"Cyniscops kitchingi n. sp." = Cyonosaurus kitchingi, "Galerhynchus rubidgei n. gen. n. sp." = Cerdorhinus rubidgei
"Cyniscops kitchingi n. sp." = Cyonosaurus kitchingi Broom 1948 therapsid
MMK 5028, skull
"Galerhynchus rubidgei n. gen. n. sp." = Cerdorhinus rubidgei Broom 1937 therapsid
RC 4, skull
 Anomodontia - Cryptodontidae
 Dicynodontia - Cistecephalidae
Cistecephalus microrhinus Owen 1876 dicynodont