Leeukloof: Wuchiapingian, South Africa
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Scylacognathus major n. sp.
Broom 1935
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Broom 1935 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| TM P256 | ||||||||||
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Cynarioides grimbeeki n. sp.
Broom 1935
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Sigogneau-Russell 1989 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| TMP 246, crushed skull and mandible | ||||||||||
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Gorgonopidae
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Aelurosaurus sp.
Owen 1881
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Sigogneau-Russell 1989 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| SAM-PK-10678 | ||||||||||
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Galerhinus polyodon n. gen., n. sp.
Broom 1935
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1 individual | |||||||||
| TM P341, snout with part of lower jaw | ||||||||||
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Aelurosaurus brevirostris n. sp.
Broom 1948
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Broom 1948 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| Specimen now lost | ||||||||||
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Anomodontia
- Cryptodontidae
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Tropidostoma microtrema
(Seeley 1889)
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Dicynodon acutirostris n. sp.
Broom 1935
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Broom 1935 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| TM 250 , partial skull | ||||||||||
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Dicynodon validus n. sp.
Broom 1935
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Broom 1935 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| TM 252, a distorted snout and anterior portion of the lower jaws | ||||||||||
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Anomodontia
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Pristerodon indet.
Huxley 1868
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Emydopsis microdon n. sp.
Broom 1936
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| TM 269, a skull | ||||||||||
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Eumantellia mirus n. gen., n. sp.
Broom 1935
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1 individual | |||||||||
| TM 248, a rather badly weathered anterior part of skull | ||||||||||
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Palemydops minor n. sp.
Broom 1935
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Lefebvre and Gutierrez-Marco 2003 | |||||||||
| TM 247, an imperfect skull | ||||||||||
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Anomodontia
- Pristerodontidae
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Emyduranus gracilis n. sp.
Broom 1935
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Broom 1935 | |||||||||
| TM 243, a skull | ||||||||||
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Anomodontia
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Diictodon sp.
Broom 1913
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Smith 1993 | 12 individuals | ||||||||
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Dicynodon grimbeeki n. sp.
Broom 1935
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Broom 1935 | |||||||||
| TM 253, a complete skull | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Pareiasaurus serridens
Owen
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | South Africa | State/province: | Western Cape | County: | Beaufort West |
| Coordinates: | 32.1° South, 22.0° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 50.4° South, 21.0° West (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Permian | Epoch: | Lopingian |
| Stage: | Wuchiapingian | 10 m.y. bin: | Permian 4 |
| *International age/stage: | Kungurian - Olenekian | ||
| Key time interval: | Wuchiapingian | Zone: | Tropidostoma Assemblage Zone |
| Age range of interval: | 259.51 - 254.14 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 259.26 to 256.25 Ma (U/Pb) | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Secondary lithology: | claystone |
| Lithology description: ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: . | |
| Environment: | crevasse splay |
| Geology comments: ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: crev_splay ETE event: flood, ETE env comment: 0 | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 478, ; ETE museum list: | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Leeupoort, Leeuwkloof, ETE Locality 1536 | ||
| Database number: | 22661 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Behrensmeyer, R. Butler | Enterer: | A. Behrensmeyer, R. Butler, J. Benito Moreno |
| Modifier: | J. Benito Moreno | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2001-04-17 01:00:00 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2001-04-17 01:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
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:
| 56911 | R. Broom. 1935. On some new genera and species of Karroo fossil reptiles. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 18:55-72 [R. Butler/J. Benito Moreno] | |
| 57014 | R. Broom. 1948. A Contribution to our Knowledge of the Vertebrates of the Karroo Beds of South Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 61(2):577-629 [R. Butler/J. Benito Moreno/J. Benito Moreno] | |
| 51786 | C. F. Kammerer, K. D. Angielczyk, and J. Frobisch. 2011. A comprehensive taxonomic revision of Dicynodon (Therapsida, Anomodontia) and its implications for dicynodont phylogeny, biogeography, and biostratigraphy. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31(Sup. to 6):1-158 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/J. Benito Moreno] | |
| 65911 | B. Lefebvre and J. C. Gutierrez-Marco. 2003. New Ordovician mitrocystitidan mitrates (Echinodermata, Stylophora) from the Central Iberian zone (Spain). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 227(1):39-61 [P. Novack-Gottshall/P. Novack-Gottshall] | |
| 57886 | D. S. Sigogneau-Russell. 1989. Theriodontia I: Phthinosuchia, Biarmosuchia, Eotitanosuchia, Gorgonopsia. Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology [R. Butler/R. Butler/R. Butler] | |
| 5708 | ETE 1464 | R. M. H. Smith. 1993. Vertebrate taphonomy of late Permian floodplain deposits in the Southwestern Karoo Basin of South Africa. Palaios 8:45-67 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik] |