Farm Bethel 763: Induan, South Africa
collected by J. Welman 1997
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Trematosauridae
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Lonchorhynchinae indet.
Säve-Söderbergh 1935
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1 individual | |||||||||
| NM QR3424 | ||||||||||
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Therocephalia
- Akidnognathidae
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Moschorhinus kitchingi
Broom 1920
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Huttenlocker and Botha-Brink 2013 | |||||||||
| SAM-PK-K10684, partial snout; SAM-PK-K10015a, skull; SAM-PK-K10015b, partial skull and lower jaw | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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cf. Dicynodontipus sp.
Rühle von Lilienstern 1944
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Marchetti et al. 2019 | |||||||||
| BE-TR 7 | ||||||||||
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Anomodontia
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cf. Dolomitipes sp.
Marchetti et al. 2019
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Marchetti et al. 2019 | |||||||||
| BE-TR 2, 5 | ||||||||||
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Dolomitipes accordii
(Ceoloni et al. 1988)
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Marchetti et al. 2019 | |||||||||
| BE-TR 1-4, BE 1-3 | ||||||||||
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Anomodontia
- Lystrosauridae
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Lystrosaurus sp.
Cope 1870
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| NM QR3422, 3423 | ||||||||||
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Lystrosaurus declivis
Brink 1951
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Botha and Smith 2007 | |||||||||
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Lystrosaurus murrayi
(Huxley 1859)
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Botha and Smith 2007 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
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Rhynchosauroides sp.
Maidwell 1911
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Marchetti et al. 2019 | |||||||||
| BE-TR 6 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | South Africa | State/province: | Free State |
| Coordinates: | 30.4° South, 26.3° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 64.9° South, 20.0° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
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 |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Beaufort |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | fluvial-lacustrine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | J. Welman | Collection dates: | 1997 |
| Collection method comments: NMQR: National Museum, Bloemfontein | |||
Metadata
| Database number: | 144333 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler, A. Dunhill, M. Uhen, B. Allen | Enterer: | R. Butler, B. Allen, M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-05-03 22:08:51 | Last modified: | 2018-08-01 15:08:27 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-05-03 22:08:51 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 46666. | R. J. Damiani and J. Welman. 2001. A long-snouted trematosaurid amphibian from the Early Triassic of South Africa. South African Journal of Science 97:318-319 [R. Butler/R. Butler] |
Secondary references:
| 66488 | J. Botha and R. M. H. Smith. 2007. Lystrosaurus species composition across the Permo–Triassic boundary in the Karoo Basin of South Africa. Lethaia 40:125-137 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 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] | |
| 80933 | L. Marchetti, H. Klein, M. Buchwitz, A. Ronchi, R. M. H. Smith, W. J. De Klerk, L. Sciscio and G. H. Groenewald. 2019. Permian-Triassic vertebrate footprints from South Africa: Ichnotaxonomy, producers and biostratigraphy through two major faunal crises. Gondwana Research 72:139-168 [B. Allen/B. Allen] |