Dwarsvlaei, Aliwal North: Anisian, South Africa
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anomodontia
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Dicynodon simocephalus n. sp.
Weithofer 1888
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Weithofer 1888 | |||||||||
| recombined as Kannemeyeria simocephala | ||||||||||
| NMW 8178, right side of the skull | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | South Africa | State/province: | Eastern Cape | County: | Aliwal North |
| Coordinates: | 31.6° South, 25.0° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 66.4° South, 16.9° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Middle Triassic |
| Stage: | Anisian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Anisian | Zone: | Cynognathus Assemblage Zone |
| Age range of interval: | 247.20000 - 242.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Beaufort | Formation: | Burgersdorp |
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 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 177022 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler | Enterer: | J. Benito Moreno |
| Modifier: | J. Benito Moreno | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-03-16 11:08:12 | Last modified: | 2016-03-17 06:53:48 |
| Access level: | database members | Released: | 2018-03-16 11:08:12 |
| 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:
| 58455 | A. Weithofer. 1888. Ueber einen neuen Dicynodonten (Dicynodon simocephalus) aus der Karrooformation Sudafrikas. Annalen des K. K. Naturhistorischen Hofmuseum 3:1-5 [R. Butler/J. Benito Moreno] |