Brakfontein 333, Lystrosaurus AZ (Triassic to of South Africa)

Where: Eastern Cape, South Africa (32.2° S, 26.1° E: paleocoordinates 66.3° S, 21.9° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lystrosaurus Assemblage zone, Katberg Formation (Beaufort Group), Induan to Induan (252.2 - 247.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified siliciclastic sediments

• "recalcitrant, quartzite rich matrix"

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. D. Ezcurra and R. J. Butler. 2015. Taxonomy of the proterosuchid archosauriforms (Diapsida: Archosauromorpha) from the earliest Triassic of South Africa, and implications for the early archosauriform radiation. Palaeontology 58(1):141-170 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 182575: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 08.11.2016

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Reptilia
 Diapsida - Proterosuchidae
Proterosuchus fergusi
Proterosuchus fergusi Broom 1903 archosauromorph
GHG 231