Matjiesfontein, Murraysburg: 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 | |||||||||
| BP/1/4093 | ||||||||||
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Anomodontia
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Cistecephalus microrhinus
Owen 1876
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5 individuals | |||||||||
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Gorgonopidae
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Lycaenops ornatus
Broom 1925
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Sigogneau-Russell 1989 | 2 individuals | ||||||||
| RC 147, 148, skulls | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | South Africa | State/province: | Western Cape |
| Coordinates: | 32.0° South, 23.8° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 62.0° South, 29.2° 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 | Other 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, Geology) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "siliciclastic" |
| 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 |
| Collection method comments: RC, Rubidge Collection, Wellwood | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 178865 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler, A. Dunhill | Enterer: | R. Butler, B. Allen |
| Modifier: | R. Butler | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-05-19 04:57:22 | Last modified: | 2016-05-19 04:58:46 |
| Access level: | database members | Released: | 2017-05-19 04:57:22 |
| 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:
| 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] | |
| 57886 | D. S. Sigogneau-Russell. 1989. Theriodontia I: Phthinosuchia, Biarmosuchia, Eotitanosuchia, Gorgonopsia. Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology [R. Butler/R. Butler/R. Butler] |