Wonderboom Bridge, Burgersdorp, Farm Cragievar: Anisian, South Africa
collected by E. C. Case, S. Haughton 1923
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Diademodon sp.
Seeley 1895
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Damiani 2004 | |||||||||
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Cynognathus sp.
Seeley 1895
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Damiani 2004 | |||||||||
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Anomodontia
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Kannemeyeria sp.
Seeley 1908
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Damiani 2004 | |||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Trematosauridae
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Microposaurus casei n. gen., n. sp.
Haughton 1925
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1 individual | |||||||||
| SAM 6556, skull (holotype) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | South Africa | State/province: | Eastern Cape |
| Coordinates: | 31.0° South, 26.3° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 66.9° South, 13.7° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Middle Triassic |
| Stage: | Anisian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Anisian | Other zone: | Cynognathus Assemblage Zone Subzone B |
| Age range of interval: | 247.2 - 242 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Beaufort | Formation: | Burgersdorp | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Burgersdorp Formation, upper Beaufort Group, Karoo Supergroup | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | green mudstone |
| Secondary lithology: | red "siliciclastic" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | E. C. Case, S. Haughton | Collection dates: | 1923 |
| Collection method comments: SAM: Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town | |||
Metadata
| Database number: | 144319 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler | Enterer: | R. Butler |
| Modifier: | R. Butler | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-05-03 18:30:03 | Last modified: | 2013-05-03 10:15:41 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-05-03 18:30:03 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 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] |
Secondary references:
| 38019 | R. Damiani. 2004. Cranial anatomy and relationships of Microposaurus casei, a temnospondyl from the Middle Triassic of South Africa. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24(3):533-541 [M. Clapham/C. Feng/R. Butler] |