Farm Beskuitfontein: Lopingian, South Africa
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Therocephalia
- Akidnognathidae
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Moschorhinus kitchingi
Broom 1920
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| NMQR 73, 87, 426, partial skulls | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | South Africa | State/province: | Eastern Cape |
| Coordinates: | 31.4° South, 25.0° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 63.1° South, 26.4° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Permian | Epoch: | Lopingian |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Permian 4 | ||
| Key time interval: | Lopingian | Zone: | Dicynodon |
| Age range of interval: | 259.51000 - 251.90200 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
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 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 196579 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Dunhill | Enterer: | B. Allen |
| Modifier: | B. Allen | ||
| Created: | 2018-09-25 04:34:17 | Last modified: | 2018-09-25 04:37:08 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-09-25 04:34:17 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 66876. | A. K. Huttenlocker and J. Botha-Brink. 2013. Body size and growth patterns in the therocephalian Moschorhinus kitchingi (Therapsida: Eutheriodontia) before and after the end-Permian extinction in South Africa. Paleobiology 39(2):253-277 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen] |