Thaba Nchu Commonage (Permian to of South Africa)

Where: Free State, South Africa (29.2° S, 26.8° E: paleocoordinates 63.5° S, 20.5° 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)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: A. S. Brink. 1954. On the Whatsiidae, a family of therocephalian mammal-like reptiles. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 34(1):43-59 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 179592: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 21.06.2016, edited by Bethany Allen

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Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Dicynodontia -
Daptocephalus leoniceps2 Owen dicynodont
 Therocephalia - Akidnognathidae
Moschorhinus kitchingi2 Broom 1920 therapsid
CGS GHG148, skull and partial postcrania
 Therocephalia - Lycideopidae
Lycideops longiceps2 Broom 1931 therapsid
 Therocephalia - Whaitsiidae
"Theriognathus microps" = Theriognathus microps1, "Whaitsia major n. sp." = Theriognathus microps
"Theriognathus microps" = Theriognathus microps1 Owen 1876 therapsid
NHMUK R5694; UMZC T357
"Whaitsia major n. sp." = Theriognathus microps Owen 1876 therapsid
BMNH R5694, skull