List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Proterosuchidae
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Chasmatosaurus alexanderi n. sp.
Hoffman 1965
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Hoffman 1965 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| recombined as Proterosuchus alexanderi | ||||||||||
| NMQR 1484 (C. 3016), skull and postcranial skeleton | ||||||||||
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Anomodontia
- Lystrosauridae
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Lystrosaurus maccaigi
Seeley 1898
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Kitching 1977 | |||||||||
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Lystrosaurus declivis
Brink 1951
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Kitching 1977 | |||||||||
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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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Therocephalia
- Scaloposauridae
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Scaloposaurus constrictus
Owen
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Kitching 1977 | |||||||||
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Therocephalia
- Akidnognathidae
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Moschorhinus kitchingi
Broom 1920
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Huttenlocker and Botha-Brink 2013 | |||||||||
| NMQR 48, skull, lower jaw, partial postcranial skeleton | ||||||||||
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Olivieria parringtonia
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Kitching 1977 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| NMQR 62 (HVD 62) | ||||||||||
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= Olivierosuchus parringtoni
Brink 1965
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Brink and Modesto 2011 | |||||||||
| NMQR 62, skull, lower jaw and partial articulated skeleton | ||||||||||
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Therocephalia
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Regisaurus jacobi n. gen., n. sp.
Mendrez 1972
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1 individual | |||||||||
| Skull, posterior left dentary and partial postcranium | ||||||||||
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Procynosuchidae
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Procynosuchus rubidgei
Broom 1938
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Haughton 1965 | |||||||||
| synonym of Procynosuchus delaharpeae | ||||||||||
| RC 132, small skull | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Thrinaxodon liorhinus
Seeley 1894
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Kitching 1977 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| NMQR 23 (HVD 23), 24 (HVD 24) | ||||||||||
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Galesaurus planiceps
Owen 1860
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Kitching 1977 | |||||||||
| NMQR 135, collection of skulls and assorted postcrania | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | South Africa | State/province: | Eastern Cape |
| Coordinates: | 30.8° South, 25.8° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 65.3° South, 19.3° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Beaufort | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Low in Lystrosaurus zone (Cruickshank 1972) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Abundance in sediment: | common |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collectors: | Kitching |
Metadata
| Database number: | 105610 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler, A. Dunhill | Enterer: | R. Butler, B. Allen |
| Modifier: | R. Butler | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-02-23 04:23:33 | Last modified: | 2016-09-28 06:50:36 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-02-23 04:23:33 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 35277. | C. H. Mendrez. 1972. On the skull of Regisaurus jacobi, a new genus and species of Bauriamorpha Watson and Romer 1956 (=Scaloposauria Boonstra 1953), from the Lystrosaurus-zone of South Africa. In K. A. Joysey, T. S. Kemp (eds.), Studies in Vertebrate Evolution [R. Butler/R. Butler] |
Secondary references:
| 63965 | J.B. Brink and S.P. Modesto. 2011. A new skeleton of the therocephalian synapsid Olivierosuchus parringtoni from the Lower Triassic South African Karoo Basin. Palaeontology 54(3):591-606 [M. Uhen/K. Ziegler] | |
| 67669 | R. Broom. 1923. On the Structure of the Skull in the Carnivorous Dinocephalian Reptiles. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 93(4) [A. Dunhill/B. Allen] | |
| 37672 | A. R. I. Cruickshank. 1972. The proterosuchian thecodonts. In K. A. Joysey, T. S. Kemp (eds.), Studies in Vertebrate Evolution 89-119 [R. Butler/R. Butler] | |
| 66794 | S. H. Haughton. 1965. The Rubidge Collection of fossil Karroo vertebrates. Palaeontologia Africana 9:1-17 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen] | |
| 37670 | A. C. Hoffman. 1965. On the discovery of a new thecodont from the Middle Beaufort Beds. Navorsinge van die Nasionale Museum Bloemfontein 2:33-40 [R. Butler/R. Butler] | |
| 66876 | A. K. Huttenlocker and J. Botha-Brink. 2013. Body size and growth patterns in the therocephalian Moschorhinus kitchingi (Therapsida: Eutheriodontia) before and after the end-Permian extinction in South Africa. Paleobiology 39(2):253-277 [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] | |
| 52602 | J. Van Heerden. 1972. A revised catalogue system for the Karroo fossil vertebrates in the National Museum. Navorsinge van die Nasionale Museum, Bloemfontein 2(10):291-299 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |