Oudeberg (Pass and Plateau) - Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone: Wuchiapingian, South Africa

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Owenettidae
Owenetta rubidgei Broom 1939
Haughton 1965
RC 128, small crushed skull with lower jaw
Reptilia
Nanoparia luckhoffi n. gen., n. sp. Broom 1936
Lee 1997 1 specimen
WEL RC109/L3
Pareiasaurus rubidgei n. sp. Broom 1940
Broom 1940 1 individual
Gorgonopidae
Lycaenodontoides bathyrhinus n. gen., n. sp. Haughton 1929
1 individual
SAM-PK-3329, snout with dentary, pectoral girdle and right hand
Anomodontia
Dicynodontia indet. (Owen 1859)
Dinanomodon gigas n. sp. Broom 1940
1 individual
RC specimen, skull. From this locality according to Kitching (1977)
Dicynodon alticeps n. sp. Broom and Haughton 1913
Broom and Haughton 1913
SAM-PK-2347, a nearly complete skull
Cistecephalus microrhinus Owen 1876
Hueneus oudebergensis n. gen., n. sp. Toerien 1953
Toerien 1953 1 specimen
BPI 303, a slighly distorted but well-preserved skull
Eosimops newtoni Broom 1921
Dicynodon cf. sollasi Broom 1921
Haughton 1965
RC 134, small skull with lower jaw
see common names

Geography
Country:South Africa State/province:Eastern Cape County:Graaff-Reinet
Coordinates: 32.1° South, 24.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:62.6° South, 29.1° 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 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: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: WEL, Welwood Museum, Graaff-Reinet
Metadata
Also known as:Ouberg
Database number:171384
Authorizer:R. Butler, A. Dunhill Enterer:R. Butler, J. Benito Moreno, B. Allen
Modifier:J. Benito Moreno Research group:vertebrate
Created:2015-07-09 09:19:38 Last modified:2015-11-23 04:58:35
Access level:the public Released:2015-07-09 09:19:38
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:

27202 R. Broom. 1940. On some new genera and species of fossil reptiles from the Karroo Beds of Graaff-Reinet. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 20:157-192 [H. Sims/J. Camp/R. Butler]
57021 R. Broom and S. H. Haughton. 1913. On two new species of Dicynodon. Annals of the South African Museum 12:36-39 [R. Butler/J. Benito Moreno]
66794 S. H. Haughton. 1965. The Rubidge Collection of fossil Karroo vertebrates. Palaeontologia Africana 9:1-17 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]
29616 M. S. Y. Lee. 1997. A taxonomic revision of pareiasaurian reptiles: implications for Permian terrestrial paleoecology. Modern Geology 21:231-298 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht/M. Carrano]
37515 M. J. Toerien. 1953. The evolution of the palate in South African Anomodontia and its classificatory significance. Palaeontologia Africana 1:49-117 [J. Fröbisch/M. Walther]