Thaba Nchu Commonage: Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian, 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 | |||||||||
| NHMUK R5694; UMZC T357 | ||||||||||
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Whaitsia major n. sp.
Broom 1931
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1 individual | |||||||||
| synonym of Theriognathus microps | ||||||||||
| BMNH R5694, skull | ||||||||||
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Therocephalia
- Akidnognathidae
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Moschorhinus kitchingi
Broom 1920
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Kitching 1977 | |||||||||
| CGS GHG148, skull and partial postcrania | ||||||||||
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Therocephalia
- Lycideopidae
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Lycideops longiceps
Broom 1931
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Kitching 1977 | |||||||||
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Anomodontia
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Daptocephalus leoniceps
(Owen)
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Kitching 1977 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | South Africa | State/province: | Free State |
| Coordinates: | 29.2° South, 26.8° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 63.5° South, 20.5° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Permian | Epoch: | Lopingian |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Permian 4 | ||
| Key time interval: | Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian | Other zone: | Daptocephalus Assemblage Zone |
| Age range of interval: | 259.51000 - 251.90200 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Beaufort |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
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 |
| Museum repositories: | BMNH |
Metadata
| Database number: | 179592 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler, A. Dunhill | Enterer: | R. Butler, B. Allen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-06-21 09:02:19 | Last modified: | 2016-06-21 09:02:19 |
| Access level: | database members | Released: | 2017-06-21 09:02:19 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 59471. | A. S. Brink. 1954. On the Whatsiidae, a family of therocephalian mammal-like reptiles. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 34(1):43-59 [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] | |
| 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] |