Mishoek, Murraysburg (Permian of South Africa)

Where: Western Cape, South Africa (32.1° S, 23.6° E: paleocoordinates 61.9° S, 29.8° 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).

• group of beds-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 178867: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 19.05.2016

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Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Therapsida - Gorgonopidae
Lycaenops minor Brink and Kitching 1953 therapsid
BP/1/264, complete skull with lower jaw