Where: Western Cape, South Africa (32.5° S, 22.6° E: paleocoordinates 61.3° S, 31.1° 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 BSP
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 178806: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 16.05.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Gorgonops cf. whaitsi Broom 1912 therapsid BSPG 1934 VIII 28, fragment of a crushed skull with lower jaw, and most of the postcranial skeleton
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"Synostocephalus vanhoepeni n. gen. n. sp." = Pristerodon vanhoepeni
"Synostocephalus vanhoepeni n. gen. n. sp." = Pristerodon vanhoepeni Broili and Schroeder 1935 dicynodont BSP 1934 VIII 34, incomplete skull
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Emydochampsa oweni therapsid | |