Also known as Groot Driefontein

Where: Western Cape, South Africa (31.9° S, 23.9° E: paleocoordinates 63.6° S, 26.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Dicynodon Assemblage Zone zone, Teekloof Formation (Beaufort Group), Changhsingian (254.2 - 252.2 Ma)

• It is said that the fossils come from the "Daptocephalus zone" (Gow, 1972) which is equivalent to the Dicynodon Assemblage Zone. Geographic and stratigraphic data suggest that the locality is in the Teekloof Formation of the Beaufort Group (see Catuneanu et al., 2005, J. Afr. Earth Sci., 43, figs. 24, 25). The Dicynodon AZ is Early and Middle Changhsingian according to Catuneanu et al. (2005).

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•Direct maximum date for the Dicynodon Aseemblage Zone from Rubidge et al., 2013

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by J. Kitching in 1940

• R.C. = "S. H. Rubidge collection housed on the farm Wellwood near Graff Reinet" (Gow, 1972)

Primary reference: C. E. Gow. 1972. The osteology and relationships of the Millerettidae (Reptilia: Cotylosauria). Journal of Zoology, London 167:219-264 [J. Mueller/J. Dummasch]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 80223: authorized by Johannes Mueller, entered by Jana Dummasch on 09.04.2008, edited by Juan Benito Moreno

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