Colesberg district: Induan, South Africa
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anomodontia
- Lystrosauridae
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Dicynodon murrayi n. sp.
Huxley 1859
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Huxley 1859 | |||||||||
| recombined as Lystrosaurus murrayi | ||||||||||
| NHMUK R1291, a poorly preserved complete skull and lower jaws | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | South Africa | State/province: | Northern Cape | County: | Colesberg |
| Coordinates: | 30.7° South, 25.1° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 64.2° South, 21.8° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
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: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | pebbly not reported |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 177589 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler | Enterer: | J. Benito Moreno |
| Modifier: | J. Benito Moreno | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-04-05 13:41:49 | Last modified: | 2016-04-05 13:42:26 |
| Access level: | database members | Released: | 2018-04-05 13:41:49 |
| 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:
| 27093 | T. H. Huxley. 1859. On a new species of dicynodont (D. murrayi) from near Colesburg, South Africa; and on the structure of the skull in dicynodonts. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 15:649-659 [H. Sims/J. Camp] |