Brakwater, Murraysburg (Permian of South Africa)

Also known as Brakfontein

Where: Western Cape, South Africa (32.0° S, 23.8° E: paleocoordinates 62.0° S, 29.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-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).

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

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 178866: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 19.05.2016

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Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Therapsida - Gorgonopidae
"Scymnognathus major n. sp." = Lycaenops angusticeps
"Scymnognathus major n. sp." = Lycaenops angusticeps Broom 1913 therapsid
WMUC 1513, well-preserved skull with dentary