Ferndale, Graaff-Reinet (Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone): Wuchiapingian, South Africa
collected by Rev. J. H. Whaits

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Rhinesuchidae
Laccosaurus watsoni n. gen., n. sp. Haughton 1925
Haughton 1925 1 individual
SAM 4010, nearly complete skull
Anomodontia
Dicynodontia indet. (Owen 1859)
Cistecephalus microrhinus Owen 1876
25 individuals
25 skulls
Cistecephalus platyfrons n. sp. Broom 1948
Broom 1948 1 individual
RC 80, a skull
Digalodon rubidgei n. gen., n. sp. Broom and Robinson 1948
RC 76, one badly crushed skull
Dicynodon nanus Broom 1936
Dicynodon galecephalus n. sp. Broom and Robinson 1948
Broom and Robinson 1948 1 individual
RC 77, a dorsoventrally crushed, poorly preserved skull
Anomodontia - Cryptodontidae
Oudenodon bainii Owen 1859
Platycyclops crassus n. sp. Broom 1948
Broom 1948 1 individual
RC 88, a complete skull and mandible and cervical vertebral column
Platycyclops haughtoni Broom 1932
Aulacephalodon bainii (Owen 1845)
2 individuals
Two recorded specimens
unclassified
Gorgonopsia indet. Seeley 1894
Gorgonopidae
Prorubidgea maccabei Broom 1940
Haughton 1965
RC 115, skull with lower jaw
see common names

Geography
Country:South Africa State/province:Eastern Cape
Coordinates: 32.3° South, 24.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:62.7° South, 29.3° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Permian Epoch: Lopingian
Stage: Wuchiapingian 10 m.y. bin: Permian 4
Key time interval: Wuchiapingian Other zone:  Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone
Age range of interval: 259.51 - 254.14 m.y. ago
Age estimate: 256.25 to 255.2 Ma (U/Pb)
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Beaufort
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Direct dates for Cistecephalus assemblage zone from Rubidge et al., 2013
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "siliciclastic"
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:Rev. J. H. Whaits
Collection method comments: SAM: Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town
Metadata
Database number:144272
Authorizer:R. Butler, A. Dunhill Enterer:R. Butler, J. Benito Moreno, B. Allen
Modifier:R. Butler Research group:vertebrate
Created:2013-05-03 02:02:47 Last modified:2016-02-07 06:50:25
Access level:the public Released:2013-05-03 02:02:47
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
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]

Secondary references:

27212 R. Broom. 1932. The mammal-like reptiles of South Africa and the Origin of Mammals [H. Sims/J. Camp]
57014 R. Broom. 1948. A Contribution to our Knowledge of the Vertebrates of the Karroo Beds of South Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 61(2):577-629 [R. Butler/J. Benito Moreno/J. Benito Moreno]
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]
46648 S. H. Haughton. 1925. Investigations in South African fossil reptiles and amphibians (Part 13). Annals of the South African Museum 22:227-261 [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]
29055 G. M. King. 1988. Anomodontia. In G. Fischer (ed.), Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology 1-174 [H. Sims/J. Camp]