Where: Northern Cape, South Africa (31.4° S, 23.9° E: paleocoordinates 62.0° S, 28.1° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone other zone, Beaufort Group, Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)
• The Cistephalus 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: SAM, Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town
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 178869: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 19.05.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Leontosaurus vanderhorsti, "Aelurognathus microdon n. sp." = Lycaenops minor
"Aelurognathus microdon n. sp." = Lycaenops minor Brink and Kitching 1953 therapsid SAM-PK-9344, incomplete and compressed skull with some postcranial material
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