Coetzeeskraal, Murraysburg (Permian to of South Africa)

Where: Western Cape, South Africa (32.0° S, 23.8° E: paleocoordinates 62.4° S, 28.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• Daptocephalus or Dicynodon Assemblage Zone, constrained as late Wuchiapingian to Changhsingian in age 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 178875: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 19.05.2016

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Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Therapsida - Gorgonopidae
"Rubidgea majora n. sp." = Rubidgea atrox
"Rubidgea majora n. sp." = Rubidgea atrox Broom 1938 therapsid
BP/1/699, deformed skull with lower jaw