Honingkrans, Burgersdorp: Early/Lower Triassic, South Africa
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Prolacertidae
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Pricea longiceps n. gen., n. sp.
Broom and Robinson 1948
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Broom and Robinson 1948 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| synonym of Prolacerta broomi | ||||||||||
| BP/1/471, complete skull and mandible | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Galesaurus planiceps
Owen 1860
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Jasinoski and Abdala 2017 | |||||||||
| BP/1/2513, three individuals (assumed mother with two juveniles) | ||||||||||
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Thrinaxodon liorhinus
Seeley 1894
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Jasinoski and Abdala 2017 | |||||||||
| BP/1/472, skull and partial skeleton | ||||||||||
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Anomodontia
- Lystrosauridae
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Lystrosaurus murrayi
(Huxley 1859)
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Kitching 1977 | |||||||||
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Lystrosaurus curvatus
(Owen 1876)
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Kitching 1977 | |||||||||
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Lystrosaurus declivis
Brink 1951
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Kitching 1977 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | South Africa | State/province: | Eastern Cape | County: | Drakensburg |
| Coordinates: | 31.0° South, 26.3° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 65.8° South, 19.1° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Early/Lower Triassic |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 1 | ||
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Triassic | Other zone: | Lystrosaurus |
| Age range of interval: | 251.90200 - 247.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Beaufort | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | mechanical,survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | BPI |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Heuningkrans | ||
| Database number: | 105606 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler, A. Dunhill | Enterer: | R. Butler, B. Allen |
| Modifier: | R. Butler | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-02-23 03:09:51 | Last modified: | 2011-02-22 11:25:40 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-02-23 03:09:51 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 35276. | S. P. Modesto and H.-D. Sues. 2004. The skull of the Early Triassic archosauromorph reptile Prolacerta broomi and its phylogenetic significance. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 140:335-351 [R. Butler/R. Butler] |
Secondary references:
| 55691 | R. Broom and J. T. Robinson. 1948. Some new fossil reptiles from the Karoo Beds of South Africa. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 118:392-407 [R. Butler/R. Butler/R. Butler] | |
| 66785 | S. C. Jasinoski and F. Abdala. 2017. Aggregations and parental care in the Early Triassic basal cynodonts Galesaurus planiceps and Thrinaxodon liorhinus. PeerJ 5:e2875 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen] | |
| 27216 | 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] |