Grootvlei, Paarderkraal (Permian of South Africa)

Where: Western Cape, South Africa (32.2° S, 22.5° E: paleocoordinates 61.1° S, 30.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

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

• Direct dates for the Cistecphalus 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 180347: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Juan Benito Moreno on 13.07.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Anomodontia - Cryptodontidae
Aulacephalodon bainii, "Eocyclops longus n. sp." = Rhachiocephalus magnus
Aulacephalodon bainii Owen 1845 therapsid
"Eocyclops longus n. sp." = Rhachiocephalus magnus Owen 1876 therapsid
AMNH Unnumbered, a complete skull