Doornberg, New Bethesda, Daptocephalus Assemblage Zone (Permian to of South Africa)

Where: Eastern Cape, South Africa (31.8° S, 24.5° E: paleocoordinates 62.9° S, 27.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Daptocephalus Assemblage Zone other zone, Beaufort Group, Wuchiapingian to Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 252.2 Ma)

• Daptocephalus or Dicynodon Assemblage Zone constrained as late Wuchiapingian to Changhsingian on the basis of radioisotopic data (Rubidge et al. 2013).

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: RC, Rubidge Collection, Wellwood

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 178864: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 19.05.2016

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Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Therocephalia - Whaitsiidae
"Whaitsia platyceps" = Theriognathus microps2
"Whaitsia platyceps" = Theriognathus microps2 Owen 1876 therapsid
RC 213
 Therapsida - Gorgonopidae
"Broomisaurus rubidgei n. sp." = Leontocephalus rubidgei1, "Rubidgea kitchingi n. sp." = Rubidgea atrox
"Broomisaurus rubidgei n. sp." = Leontocephalus rubidgei1 Broom 1940 therapsid
RC 19, slightly flattened and incomplete skull
"Rubidgea kitchingi n. sp." = Rubidgea atrox Broom 1938 therapsid
TMP 2002, fragmentary skull
 Therapsida - Procynosuchidae
"Mygalesaurus platyceps n. gen. n. sp." = Procynosuchus delaharpeae2
"Mygalesaurus platyceps n. gen. n. sp." = Procynosuchus delaharpeae2 Broom 1937 cynodont
RC 56, partial skull