Where: Eastern Cape, South Africa (32.2° S, 24.5° E: paleocoordinates 62.7° S, 29.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone other 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 180878: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Juan Benito Moreno on 05.08.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Dicynodontia indet. dicynodont Unidentified specimes from this locality include small to large Dicynodontia
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"Dicynodon ictidops" = Diictodon feliceps, "Dicynodon nanus" = Diictodon feliceps
"Dicynodon ictidops" = Diictodon feliceps Owen 1876 dicynodont
"Dicynodon nanus" = Diictodon feliceps Owen 1876 dicynodont | |
"Cistecephalus laticeps n. sp." = Cistecephalus microrhinus, "Cistecephalus platyfrons" = Cistecephalus microrhinus
"Cistecephalus laticeps n. sp." = Cistecephalus microrhinus Owen 1876 dicynodont BPI 33, a skull and lower jaw
"Cistecephalus platyfrons" = Cistecephalus microrhinus Owen 1876 dicynodont | |