Brandkraal, Murraysburg (Permian of South Africa)

Where: Western Cape, South Africa (32.0° S, 23.7° E: paleocoordinates 62.0° S, 29.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone zone, Beaufort Group, Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• Direct dates for the Cistecephalus Assemblage zone from Rubidge et al., 2013

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. W. Kitching. 1977. The distribution of the Karroo vertebrate fauna. Memoirs of the Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Research 1:1-131 [H. Sims/J. Camp]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 179072: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Juan Benito Moreno on 27.05.2016, edited by Bethany Allen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Therocephalia - Akidnognathidae
Moschorhinus kitchingi Broom 1920 therapsid
RC 99, skull
 Anomodontia - Cryptodontidae
"Kitchingia planifrons n. gen. n. sp." = Rhachiocephalus magnus
"Kitchingia planifrons n. gen. n. sp." = Rhachiocephalus magnus Owen 1876 therapsid
BPI 124, a complete skull