Oudeplaas, Richmond: Wuchiapingian, South Africa
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Therocephalia
- Whaitsiidae
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Theriognathus microps
Owen 1876
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Huttenlocker and Abdala 2015 | |||||||||
| CG AF124-83 | ||||||||||
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Therocephalia
- Ictidosuchidae
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Ictidosuchops intermedius
Broom 1938
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Kitching 1977 | |||||||||
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Anomodontia
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Cistecephalus microrhinus
Owen 1876
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Kitching 1977 | |||||||||
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Anomodontia
- Cryptodontidae
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Oudenodon bainii
Owen 1859
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Kitching 1977 | |||||||||
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Rhachiocephalus magnus
(Owen 1876)
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Kitching 1977 | |||||||||
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Pelanomodon moschops
(Broom 1913)
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Kammerer et al. 2016 | |||||||||
| CGS AF 91-83, partial skull | ||||||||||
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Aulacephalodon baini
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Kitching 1977 | |||||||||
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Gorgonopidae
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Arctops ? ferox
(Broom 1948)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| BP/1/2465, complete skull | ||||||||||
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Arctognathoides breviceps n. gen., n. sp.
Boonstra 1934
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1 individual | |||||||||
| SAM-PK-9345, skull with lower jaws | ||||||||||
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Lycaenops ornatus
Broom 1925
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1 individual | |||||||||
| BP/1/334, deformed skull | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | South Africa | State/province: | Northern Cape |
| Coordinates: | 31.4° South, 23.9° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 62.0° South, 28.1° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
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 |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Beaufort | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone is constrained as Wuchiapingian on the basis of radioisotopic data (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
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 178523 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler, A. Dunhill | Enterer: | R. Butler, B. Allen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-05-06 10:45:43 | Last modified: | 2016-05-06 10:45:43 |
| Access level: | database members | Released: | 2017-05-06 10:45:43 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 57886. | D. S. Sigogneau-Russell. 1989. Theriodontia I: Phthinosuchia, Biarmosuchia, Eotitanosuchia, Gorgonopsia. Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology [R. Butler/R. Butler/R. Butler] |
Secondary references:
| 67078 | A. K. Huttenlocker and F. Abdala. 2015. Revision of the first therocephalian, Theriognathus Owen (Therapsida: Whaitsiidae), and implications for cranial ontogeny and allometry in nonmammaliaform eutheriodonts. Journal of Paleontology 89(4):645-664 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen] | |
| 66909 | C. F. Kammerer, K. D. Angielczyk, and J. Fröbisch. 2016. Redescription of the geikiid Pelanomodon (Therapsida, Dicynodontia), with a reconsideration of ‘Propelanomodon’. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 36(1):e1030408 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen] | |
| 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] |