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

Where: Eastern Cape, South Africa (32.0° S, 24.4° E: paleocoordinates 62.9° S, 28.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Beaufort Group, Wuchiapingian to Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 252.2 Ma)

• Daptocephalus or Dicynodon Assemblage Zone constrained as late Wuchiapingian to Changhsingian on the basis of radioisotopic data (Rubidge et al. 2013).

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. Broom. 1940. Some new Karroo reptiles from the Graaff-Reinet district. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 20:71-87 [R. Butler/J. Benito Moreno]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 179588: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 21.06.2016, edited by Bethany Allen

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Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Synapsida - Homodontosauridae
Homodontosaurus kitchingi2 Broom 1949 synapsid
 Anomodontia - Cryptodontidae
"Pelanomodon rubidgei" = Pelanomodon moschops2
"Pelanomodon rubidgei" = Pelanomodon moschops2 Broom 1913 therapsid
RC 150 / No. 1584, large skull
 Therapsida -
"Scylacognathus parvus" = Eriphostoma microdon2
"Scylacognathus parvus" = Eriphostoma microdon2 Broom 1911 therapsid
 Therocephalia - Whaitsiidae
Theriognathus microps1 Owen 1876 therapsid
SAM-PK-K10981
 Therocephalia -
Scaloposuchus rubidgei n. gen. n. sp.
Scaloposuchus rubidgei n. gen. n. sp. Broom 1940 therapsid
Skull
 Therocephalia - Lycideopidae
Tetracynodon sp.2 Broom and Robinson 1948 therapsid
cf. Tetracynodon tenuis2 Broom and Robinson 1948 therapsid