Hansrivier, Beaufort West (Permian of South Africa)

Where: Western Cape, South Africa (32.4° S, 22.6° E: paleocoordinates 61.3° S, 30.9° 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

Reposited in the BMNH

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 178830: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 17.05.2016

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Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Dicynodontia -
"Synostocephalus cf. vanhoepeni" = Pristerodon vanhoepeni
"Synostocephalus cf. vanhoepeni" = Pristerodon vanhoepeni Broili and Schroeder 1935 dicynodont
 Therapsida - Gorgonopidae
"Leptotrachelus eupachygnathus n. gen. n. sp." = Leptotracheliscops eupachygnathus
"Leptotrachelus eupachygnathus n. gen. n. sp." = Leptotracheliscops eupachygnathus Watson 1921 therapsid
BMNH R 4051, flattened and incomplete skull