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 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
Collection methods: RC, Rubidge Collection, Wellwood
Primary reference: J. W. Kitching. 1977. The distribution of the Karroo vertebrate fauna. Memoirs of the Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Research 1:1-131 [H. Sims/J. Camp]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 178865: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 19.05.2016, edited by Bethany Allen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes | |
Cistecephalus microrhinus Owen 1876 dicynodont | |
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