Milton (De Hoop), Murraysburg - Cistecephalus AZ (Permian of South Africa)

Where: Western Cape, South Africa (31.8° S, 24.0° E: paleocoordinates 62.2° S, 28.8° 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, constrained as late Wuchiapingian by radioisotopic data (Rubidge et al. 2013, Geology).

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the BPI

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 178744: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 13.05.2016

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Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Dicynodontia - Cistecephalidae
Cistecephalus microrhinus Owen 1876 dicynodont
 Anomodontia - Cryptodontidae
Oudenodon bainii Owen 1859 therapsid
 Therapsida - Gorgonopidae
Cyonosaurus longiceps Olson 1937 therapsid
BP/1/254