Also known as Roodepoort
Where: Western Cape, South Africa (32.1° S, 23.9° E: paleocoordinates 62.2° S, 29.6° 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 178805: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 16.05.2016
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Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Millerettidae indet. Romer 1956 parareptile | |
Osteichthyes | |
cf. Cyonosaurus longiceps Olson 1937 therapsid | |
Aulacephalodon baini therapsid | |
Cistecephalus microrhinus Owen 1876 dicynodont | |
Amphibia | |
Temnospondyli indet. tetrapod |