Murraysburg Commonage (Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone) (Permian of South Africa)

Where: Western Cape, South Africa (31.9° S, 23.8° E: paleocoordinates 62.0° S, 29.2° 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 180462: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Juan Benito Moreno on 18.07.2016, edited by Bethany Allen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Procolophonomorpha -
Pareiasaurus serridens Owen parareptile
Osteichthyes
 Dicynodontia -
Dicynodontia indet. dicynodont
The unidentified specimens include small to large Dicynodontia
 Dicynodontia - Cistecephalidae
"Cistecephalus rubidgei n. sp." = Cistecephalus microrhinus1, Cistecephalus platyceps n. sp.2
"Cistecephalus rubidgei n. sp." = Cistecephalus microrhinus1 Owen 1876 dicynodont
RC 93, a skull
Cistecephalus platyceps n. sp.2 Broom 1948 dicynodont
RC 68, skull
 Dicynodontia - Robertiidae
Diictodontoides skaios n. sp.3 Watson 1960 dicynodont
UMZC T.420, a skull, lower jaw and most of the postcranial skeleton
 Anomodontia - Cryptodontidae
"Dicynodon scheepersi" = Rhachiocephalus magnus, "Pelanomodon wesselsi n. sp." = Rhachiocephalus magnus1, Aulacephalodon bainii
"Dicynodon scheepersi" = Rhachiocephalus magnus Owen 1876 therapsid
"Pelanomodon wesselsi n. sp." = Rhachiocephalus magnus1 Owen 1876 therapsid
RC 65, a complete skull
Aulacephalodon bainii Owen 1845 therapsid
Represented by 3 skulls