PBDB Collection

Leeukloof (Permian of South Africa)

Also known as Leeupoort, Leeuwkloof, ETE Locality 1536

Where: Western Cape, South Africa (32.1° S, 22.0° E: paleocoordinates 60.7° S, 30.8° W)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tropidostoma Assemblage Zone zone, Teekloof Formation (Beaufort Group), Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• Originally entered as Kungurian to Olenekian

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•Direct date for the Tropidostoma Assemblage Zone from Rubidge et al., 2013

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Environment/lithology: crevasse splay; sandstone and claystone

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: crev_splay ETE event: flood, ETE env comment: 0

• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: .

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 478, ; ETE museum list:

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 22661: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 17.04.2001, edited by Juan Benito Moreno and Richard Butler

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Taxonomic list

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Osteichthyes
Therapsida -	Scylacognathus major n. sp.¹, "Cynarioides grimbeeki n. sp." = Scylacognathus grimbeeki⁴ Scylacognathus major n. sp.¹ Broom 1935 therapsid TM P256 "Cynarioides grimbeeki n. sp." = Scylacognathus grimbeeki⁴ Broom 1935 therapsid TMP 246, crushed skull and mandible
Therapsida - Gorgonopidae	Aelurosaurus sp.⁴, Aelurosaurus brevirostris n. sp.², "Galerhinus polyodon n. gen. n. sp." = Aelurosaurus polyodon Aelurosaurus sp.⁴ Owen 1881 therapsid SAM-PK-10678 Aelurosaurus brevirostris n. sp.² Broom 1948 therapsid Specimen now lost "Galerhinus polyodon n. gen. n. sp." = Aelurosaurus polyodon Broom 1935 therapsid TM P341, snout with part of lower jaw
Dicynodontia - Pylaecephalidae	Diictodon sp.⁵, "Dicynodon grimbeeki n. sp." = Diictodon feliceps¹ Diictodon sp.⁵ Broom 1913 dicynodont "Dicynodon grimbeeki n. sp." = Diictodon feliceps¹ Owen 1876 dicynodont TM 253, a complete skull
Dicynodontia -	Pristerodon indet., "Eumantellia mirus n. gen. n. sp." = Pristerodon mirus, "Emydopsis microdon n. sp." = Pristerodon mackayi Pristerodon indet. Huxley 1868 dicynodont "Eumantellia mirus n. gen. n. sp." = Pristerodon mirus Broom 1935 dicynodont TM 248, a rather badly weathered anterior part of skull "Emydopsis microdon n. sp." = Pristerodon mackayi Huxley 1868 dicynodont TM 269, a skull
Dicynodontia - Emydopidae	Palemydops minor n. sp.³ Palemydops minor n. sp.³ Broom 1935 dicynodont TM 247, an imperfect skull
Dicynodontia - Pristerodontidae	Emyduranus gracilis n. sp.¹ Emyduranus gracilis n. sp.¹ Broom 1935 dicynodont TM 243, a skull
Anomodontia - Cryptodontidae	"Tropidostoma microtrema" = Tropidostoma dubium, "Dicynodon validus n. sp." = Tropidostoma dubium¹, "Dicynodon acutirostris n. sp." = Tropidostoma dubium¹ "Tropidostoma microtrema" = Tropidostoma dubium Owen 1876 therapsid "Dicynodon validus n. sp." = Tropidostoma dubium¹ Owen 1876 therapsid TM 252, a distorted snout and anterior portion of the lower jaws "Dicynodon acutirostris n. sp." = Tropidostoma dubium¹ Owen 1876 therapsid TM 250 , partial skull
Reptilia
Procolophonomorpha -	Pareiasaurus serridens Pareiasaurus serridens Owen parareptile

¹Broom 1935; ²Broom 1948; ³Lefebvre and Gutierrez-Marco 2003; ⁴Sigogneau-Russell 1989; ⁵Smith 1993