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
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"Kitchingia planifrons n. gen. n. sp." = Rhachiocephalus magnus
"Kitchingia planifrons n. gen. n. sp." = Rhachiocephalus magnus Owen 1876 therapsid BPI 124, a complete skull
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