Driehoeksfontein, Murraysburg (Permian of South Africa)

Where: Western Cape, South Africa (32.0° S, 23.8° E: paleocoordinates 62.0° S, 29.2° 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 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

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 178803: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 16.05.2016

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Osteichthyes
 Therocephalia - Ictidosuchidae
Ictidosuchoides longiceps Broom 1920 therapsid
 Dicynodontia -
Pristerodon buffaloensis Toerien 1953 dicynodont
"Endothiodon uniseries" = Endothiodon bathystoma Owen dicynodont
 Dicynodontia - Pylaecephalidae
"Dicynodon grimbeeki" = Diictodon feliceps, "Dicynodon sollasi" = Diictodon feliceps, "Dicynodon psittacops" = Diictodon feliceps
"Dicynodon grimbeeki" = Diictodon feliceps Owen 1876 dicynodont
"Dicynodon sollasi" = Diictodon feliceps Owen 1876 dicynodont
"Dicynodon psittacops" = Diictodon feliceps Owen 1876 dicynodont
 Therapsida - Gorgonopidae
Gorgonops torvus Owen 1876 therapsid
BP/1/277, complete and well-preserved skull
Gorgonops cf. whaitsi Broom 1912 therapsid
BP/1/290, complete and flattened skull with lower jaw