Fairydale: Changhsingian, South Africa
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anomodontia
- Lystrosauridae
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Lystrosaurus maccaigi
Seeley 1898
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Geography
| Country: | South Africa | State/province: | Free State |
| Coordinates: | 30.5° South, 26.0° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 64.5° South, 21.4° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Permian | Epoch: | Lopingian |
| Stage: | Changhsingian | 10 m.y. bin: | Permian 4 |
| Key time interval: | Changhsingian | Other zone: | Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone |
| Age range of interval: | 254.14000 - 251.90200 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Beaufort | Formation: | Balfour | Member: | Palingkloof |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone, lower part. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "siliciclastic" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | concentrated |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | chemical,mechanical,acetic,field collection,survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | BPI |
| Collection method comments: SAM: Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 195279 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2018-08-01 15:06:59 | Last modified: | 2018-08-01 15:21:45 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-08-01 15:06:59 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 66488. | J. Botha and R. M. H. Smith. 2007. Lystrosaurus species composition across the Permo–Triassic boundary in the Karoo Basin of South Africa. Lethaia 40:125-137 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |