Klein Bloemhof, Richmond (Permian of South Africa)

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

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Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Therapsida - Gorgonopidae
Leontosaurus vanderhorsti, "Aelurognathus microdon n. sp." = Lycaenops minor
Leontosaurus vanderhorsti Broom and George 1950 therapsid
CGS AF 19-83, complete skull
"Aelurognathus microdon n. sp." = Lycaenops minor Brink and Kitching 1953 therapsid
SAM-PK-9344, incomplete and compressed skull with some postcranial material