Kookfontein, Victoria West (Permian of South Africa)

Where: Northern Cape, South Africa (31.4° S, 23.1° E: paleocoordinates 61.3° S, 28.7° 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 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 178870: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 19.05.2016, edited by Bethany Allen

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Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Therapsida -
"Cynarioides laticeps n. sp." = Scylacognathus grimbeeki
"Cynarioides laticeps n. sp." = Scylacognathus grimbeeki Broom 1935 therapsid
TMP 245, flattened and deformed skull
 Therapsida - Titanosuchidae
Dinophoneus ingens n. gen. n. sp.2, "Jonkeria pugnax n. sp." = Jonkeria ingens1
Dinophoneus ingens n. gen. n. sp.2 Broom 1923 therapsid
"two skulls"
"Jonkeria pugnax n. sp." = Jonkeria ingens1 Broom 1923 therapsid
 Therocephalia -
Hofmeyria atavus3 Broom 1935 therapsid
 Dicynodontia - Pylaecephalidae
"Dicynodon jouberti" = Diictodon feliceps1
"Dicynodon jouberti" = Diictodon feliceps1 Owen 1876 dicynodont
 Dicynodontia -
"Emydopsis minimus n. sp." = Emydops arctatus3
"Emydopsis minimus n. sp." = Emydops arctatus3 Owen 1876 dicynodont
TM 242, a skull