Where: Eastern Cape, South Africa (30.7° S, 26.7° E: paleocoordinates 66.9° S, 12.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Cynognathus Assemblage zone, Burgersdorp Formation (Beaufort Group), Anisian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by A. Brown
• SAM: Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town
Primary reference: S.P. Modesto and R. J. Damiani. 2003. Taxonomic status of Thelegnathus browni Broom, a procolophonid reptile from the South African Triassic. Annals of Carnegie Museum 72(1):53-64 [J. Mueller/J. Dummasch]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 80060: authorized by Johannes Mueller, entered by Jana Dummasch on 02.04.2008, edited by Torsten Liebrecht, Richard Butler and Bethany Allen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Palacrodon browni n. gen. n. sp.7
Palacrodon browni n. gen. n. sp.7 Broom 1906 diapsid SAM-PK-5871 (type), a left mandible; SAM-PK 6215, a right maxilla associated with the holotype jaw, apparently not noticed by Broom at that time
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"Microgomphodon oligocynus n. gen. n. sp." = Microgomphodon oligocynus1, "Sesamodon browni n. gen. n. sp." = Microgomphodon oligocynus3, "Melinodon simus n. gen. n. sp." = Microgomphodon oligocynus3
"Microgomphodon oligocynus n. gen. n. sp." = Microgomphodon oligocynus1 Seeley 1895 therapsid NHMUK R3305 (holotype), complete skull and lower jaws
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Trirachodon minor n. sp.3
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Parotosuchus dirus n. sp.6
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Batrachosuchus browni n. gen. n. sp.2
Batrachosuchus browni n. gen. n. sp.2 Broom 1903 tetrapod (type) "collection of Alfred Brown", now probably in the SAM
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