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
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"Cynarioides laticeps n. sp." = Scylacognathus grimbeeki
"Cynarioides laticeps n. sp." = Scylacognathus grimbeeki Broom 1935 therapsid TMP 245, flattened and deformed skull
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"Dicynodon jouberti" = Diictodon feliceps1
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"Emydopsis minimus n. sp." = Emydops arctatus3
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