Stinkfontein, Prince Albert (Permian of South Africa)

Where: Western Cape, South Africa (33.2° S, 22.0° E: paleocoordinates 59.9° S, 36.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Tapinocephalus other zone, Capitanian (264.3 - 259.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

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 198720: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 09.01.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Therapsida - Tapinocephalidae
"Struthiocephalus milleri n. sp." = Struthiocephalus whaitsi
"Struthiocephalus milleri n. sp." = Struthiocephalus whaitsi Haughton 1915 therapsid
 Therapsida - Anteosauridae
"Dinosuchus vorsteri n. sp." = Anteosaurus magnificus
"Dinosuchus vorsteri n. sp." = Anteosaurus magnificus Watson 1921 therapsid
 Therocephalia - Alopecodontidae
Alopecideops gracilis n. sp. Broom 1932 therapsid
 Therocephalia - Pristerognathidae
Scymnosaurus ferox Broom 1903 therapsid
Amphibia
 Temnospondyli - Rhinesuchidae
Rhinesuchoides tenuiceps n. sp. Olson and Broom 1937 tetrapod