Where: Western Cape, South Africa (32.4° S, 22.4° E: paleocoordinates 59.9° S, 34.4° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone zone, Beaufort Group, Capitanian (265.1 - 259.9 Ma)
• Radioisotopic data constrains the likely age of the Tapinocephalus Zone to Capitanian (Rubidge et al. 2013).
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial; siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the BSP
Collection methods: quarrying,
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 31777: authorized by John Hunter, entered by Meg Hall on 25.05.2003, edited by Robin Whatley, Juan Benito Moreno, Richard Butler and Bethany Allen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Galeops whaitsi n. gen. n. sp.
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"Dicynodon huenei n. sp." = Daptocephalus huenei4, "Dicynodon broilii n. sp." = Daptocephalus huenei1
"Dicynodon huenei n. sp." = Daptocephalus huenei4 Haughton 1932 dicynodont BSP 1934 VIII 46, a complete, well-preserved skull
"Dicynodon broilii n. sp." = Daptocephalus huenei1 Haughton 1932 dicynodont BSP 1934 VIII 46, a complete skull (synonym to D. huenei Broili & Schroder, 1937)
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Diictodon sp.5, "Dicynodon grossarthi n. sp." = Diictodon feliceps4, "Dicynodon broomi n. sp." = Diictodon feliceps4
"Dicynodon grossarthi n. sp." = Diictodon feliceps4 Owen 1876 dicynodont BSP 1934 VIII 48, a complete skull
"Dicynodon broomi n. sp." = Diictodon feliceps4 Owen 1876 dicynodont BSP 1934 VIII 47, a complete skull
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"Brachyuraniscus reuningi n. gen. n. sp." = Pristerodon mackayi7
"Brachyuraniscus reuningi n. gen. n. sp." = Pristerodon mackayi7 Huxley 1868 dicynodont BSP 1934 VIII 26, complete skull
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Cynariognathus seeleyi n. sp. Broili and Schröder 1936 therapsid | |
"Struthiocephalus whaitsi" = Struthiocephalus whaitsi, "Moschosaurus longicesps n. sp." = Struthiocephalus whaitsi2
"Struthiocephalus whaitsi" = Struthiocephalus whaitsi Haughton 1915 therapsid | |
"Pachyrhinos kaiseri n. gen. n. sp." = Gorgonops kaiseri3
"Pachyrhinos kaiseri n. gen. n. sp." = Gorgonops kaiseri3 Broili and Schroder 1934 therapsid BSPG 1934 VIII 10, partial skull
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