Also known as Aasvogelkrans, Kapokplaas
Where: Western Cape, South Africa (32.1° S, 23.7° E: paleocoordinates 62.0° S, 29.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
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
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; siliciclastic sediments
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 181609: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Juan Benito Moreno on 20.09.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes | |
Oudenodon bainii Owen 1859 therapsid
Rhachiocephalus magnus Owen 1876 therapsid | |
Dicynodontia indet. dicynodont | |
Cistecephalus microrhinus Owen 1876 dicynodont | |
"Parringtoniella broomi n. gen. n. sp." = Pristerodon mackayi
"Parringtoniella broomi n. gen. n. sp." = Pristerodon mackayi Huxley 1868 dicynodont BPI 302, a complete but distorted skull without lower jaw
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Therocephalia indet. therapsid | |
Ictidosuchoides longiceps Broom 1920 therapsid | |
Gorgonopsia indet. Seeley 1894 therapsid |