Where: Western Cape, South Africa (32.3° S, 22.6° E: paleocoordinates 61.2° S, 30.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone other zone, 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 180782: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Juan Benito Moreno on 02.08.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Osteichthyes | |
Dicynodontia indet., "Synostocephalus vanhoepeni" = Pristerodon vanhoepeni, "Diaelurodon whaitsi n. gen. n. sp." = Pristerodon whaitsi, "Emydops longiceps n. sp." = Pristerodon mackayi
"Synostocephalus vanhoepeni" = Pristerodon vanhoepeni Broili and Schroeder 1935 dicynodont | |
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Cistecephalus microrhinus Owen 1876 dicynodont | |