Vivier, Beaufort West (Permian of South Africa)

Where: Western Cape, South Africa (32.6° S, 22.2° E: paleocoordinates 59.8° S, 34.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Tapinocephalus other zone, Capitanian (265.1 - 259.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Haughton, Whaits in 1913

Primary reference: L. D. Boonstra. 1969. The fauna of the Tapinocephalus Zone (Beaufort Beds of the Karoo). Annals of the South African Museum 56(1):1-73 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 198718: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 09.01.2019

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Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Therapsida -
 Therapsida - Tapinocephalidae
Struthiocephalus whaitsi n. sp. Haughton 1915 therapsid
 Therapsida - Anteosauridae
Anteosaurus sp. Watson 1921 therapsid