Rhenosterberg (Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone): Induan, South Africa
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Amphibamidae
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Micropholis stowi n. gen., n. sp.
Huxley 1859
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1 individual | |||||||||
| BMNH R.4382, partial skull (holotype) | ||||||||||
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Anomodontia
- Lystrosauridae
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Lystrosaurus curvatus
(Owen 1876)
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Kitching 1977 | |||||||||
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Lystrosaurus declivis n. sp.
Brink 1951
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Kitching 1977 | |||||||||
| NMHUK 36221, a complete skull | ||||||||||
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Dicynodon (Ptychognathus) latirostris n. sp.
Owen 1860
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Owen 1860 | |||||||||
| synonym of Lystrosaurus declivis | ||||||||||
| NHMUK 36222, a nearly complete, weathered skull | ||||||||||
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Ptychognathus alfredi n. sp.
Owen 1862
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Kitching 1977 | |||||||||
| synonym of Lystrosaurus declivis | ||||||||||
| NHMUK 47342, a skull and mandible | ||||||||||
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Lystrosaurus murrayi
(Huxley 1859)
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Kitching 1977 | |||||||||
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Dicynodon (Ptychognathus) verticalis n. sp.
Owen 1860
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Owen 1860 | |||||||||
| synonym of Lystrosaurus murrayi | ||||||||||
| NHMUK 36224, a poorly preserved skull | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Galesaurus planiceps
Owen 1860
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Kitching 1977 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | South Africa | State/province: | Eastern Cape | County: | Graaff-Reinet |
| Coordinates: | 31.9° South, 24.6° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 64.4° South, 24.6° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Early/Lower Triassic |
| Stage: | Induan | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 1 |
| Key time interval: | Induan | Other zone: | Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone |
| Age range of interval: | 251.90200 - 251.20000 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "siliciclastic" |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | BMNH |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Middelburg | ||
| Database number: | 144320 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler | Enterer: | R. Butler, J. Benito Moreno |
| Modifier: | J. Benito Moreno | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-05-03 18:57:48 | Last modified: | 2016-03-07 07:47:11 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-05-03 18:57:48 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 46658. | R. R. Schoch and B. S. Rubidge. 2005. The amphibamid Micropholis from the Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone of South Africa. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(3):502-522 [R. Butler/R. Butler] |
Secondary references:
| 58454 | R. Broom. 1899. On two new species of dicynodonts. Annals of the South African Museum 1:452-456 [R. Butler/J. Benito Moreno] | |
| 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] | |
| 19593 | ETE | R. Owen. 1860. On some reptilian fossils from South Africa. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 16(1):49-62 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/R. Butler] |