Where: Western Cape, South Africa (33.1° S, 22.9° E: paleocoordinates 60.6° S, 37.4° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Eodicynodon Assemblage zone, Abrahamskraal Formation (Beaufort Group), Wordian (266.9 - 264.3 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: delta plain; mudstone and sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: NMQR = National Museum, Bloemfontein, South Africa
Primary reference: B. S. Rubidge, G. M. King, and J. P. Hancox. 1994. The Postcranial Skeleton of the Earliest Dicynodont Synapsid Eodicynodon from the Upper Permian of South Africa. Palaeontology 37(2):397-408 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 94779: authorized by Johannes Mueller, entered by Torsten Liebrecht on 12.03.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes | |
Eodicynodon oosthuizeni Barry 1974 dicynodont NMQR 3158; partial skull associated with scapula and forelimb
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