Farm Bethel, Permian: Changhsingian, South Africa
collected by J. Welman 1997
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: | 30.4° South, 26.3° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 64.6° South, 20.9° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Permian | Epoch: | Lopingian |
| Stage: | Changhsingian | 10 m.y. bin: | Permian 4 |
| Key time interval: | Changhsingian | Other zone: | Dicynodon 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 |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | fluvial-lacustrine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | J. Welman | Collection dates: | 1997 |
| Collection method comments: NMQR: National Museum, Bloemfontein | |||
Metadata
| Database number: | 195280 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2018-08-01 15:09:40 | Last modified: | 2018-08-01 15:15:46 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-08-01 15:09:40 |
| 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] |