Bruintjieshoogte (Permian of South Africa)

Where: Eastern cape, South Africa (32.7° S, 25.3° E: paleocoordinates 63.5° S, 29.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone 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 180787: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Juan Benito Moreno on 02.08.2016

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Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Therocephalia - Ictidosuchidae
Ictidosuchoides longiceps Broom 1920 therapsid
 Dicynodontia -
"Emydops parvus n. sp." = Emydops arctatus
"Emydops parvus n. sp." = Emydops arctatus Owen 1876 dicynodont
BMNH R. 4960, a skull
 Dicynodontia - Cistecephalidae
Cistecephalus microrhinus Owen 1876 dicynodont