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 | |
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
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