Poortjie, Graaff-Reinet (Permian to of South Africa)

Where: Eastern Cape, South Africa (32.0° S, 24.4° E: paleocoordinates 62.9° S, 28.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Daptocephalus Assemblage Zone other zone, Beaufort Group, Wuchiapingian to Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 252.2 Ma)

• Dicynodon or Daptocephalus Assemblage Zone constrained as late Wuchiapingian to Changhsingian on the basis of radioisotopic data

• 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 178872: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 19.05.2016

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Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Therapsida - Gorgonopidae
"Prorubidgea robusta n. sp." = Dinogorgon rubidgei
"Prorubidgea robusta n. sp." = Dinogorgon rubidgei Broom 1936 therapsid
BP/1/249, well-preserved skull with lower jaw, cervical vertebrae, and hand
 Therocephalia - Whaitsiidae
"Notosollasia laticeps" = Theriognathus microps1
"Notosollasia laticeps" = Theriognathus microps1 Owen 1876 therapsid
BP/1/145, skull
 Dicynodontia -
Daptocephalus leoniceps2 Owen dicynodont