Where: Eastern Cape, South Africa (32.3° S, 24.5° E: paleocoordinates 62.7° S, 29.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: Cistecephalus Assemblage zone, Middleton/Balfour Formation (Beaufort Group), Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)
• "Cistecephalus Zone"; The Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone is Wuchiapingian, according to Catuneanu et al. (2005, J. Afr. Earth Sci. 43); Lithostratigraphy is from correlation chart in Catuneanu et al. (2005, p. 237).
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: M. S. Y. Lee, C. E. Gow, and J. W. Kitching. 1997. Anatomy and relationships of the pareiasaur Pareiasuchus nasicornis from the Upper Permian of Zambia. Palaeontology 40(2):307-335 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 80826: authorized by Johannes Mueller, entered by Jana Dummasch on 14.05.2008, edited by Torsten Liebrecht, Juan Benito Moreno, Richard Butler and Bethany Allen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Smilesaurus ferox n. gen. n. sp.3, Aelurognathus tigriceps6, "Clelandina major" = Clelandina rubidgei7, Aelurosaurus sp.10, Arctops sp.7
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"Oudenodon bainii" = Oudenodon bainii7, "Chelyrhynchus lachrymalis n. gen. n. sp." = Oudenodon bainii4, "Dicynodon moutonae n. sp." = Oudenodon bainii3, "Dicynodon robustus n. sp." = Oudenodon bainii1, "Oudenodon brevirostris n. sp." = Oudenodon bainii8, "Dicynodon graaffi n. sp." = Oudenodon bainii2, "Megacyclops whaitsi n. gen. n. sp." = Rhachiocephalus magnus7, Aulacephalodon bainii7
"Chelyrhynchus lachrymalis n. gen. n. sp." = Oudenodon bainii4 Owen 1859 therapsid SAM 3334, a complete skull
"Dicynodon moutonae n. sp." = Oudenodon bainii3 Owen 1859 therapsid MMK 5033, a nearly complete skull and disarticulated lower jaw
"Dicynodon robustus n. sp." = Oudenodon bainii1 Owen 1859 therapsid ELM unnumbered (now lost), a complete skull
"Oudenodon brevirostris n. sp." = Oudenodon bainii8 Owen 1859 therapsid NHMUK R1649a, a badly weathered skull, now lost
"Dicynodon graaffi n. sp." = Oudenodon bainii2 Owen 1859 therapsid The holotype is a partial skull, now lost, found 20 miles northwest of Graaff-Reinet
"Megacyclops whaitsi n. gen. n. sp." = Rhachiocephalus magnus7 Owen 1876 therapsid SAM 3425, a complete skull
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Platycyclops richardi n. sp.5 Broom 1948 dicynodont RC 66, partial skull from "Woodcliffe, Graaff Reinet"
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"Dicynodon rubidgei n. sp." = Diictodon feliceps1
"Dicynodon rubidgei n. sp." = Diictodon feliceps1 Owen 1876 dicynodont NHMUK 47081, a laterally sheared skull and right lower jaws
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Pareiasuchus nasicornis n. sp. Haughton and Boonstra 1929 parareptile SAM 3016 (type), SAM K 6607; BPI 1/254, 1/1500; GSP 475, GSP R320, GSP CBT4, GSP TN257; only the type was definetely found at this locality; all other may probably come from other localities, which are all in the Cistecephalus AZ of South Africa
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