Aliwal North Area: Anisian, South Africa
collected by A. Brown

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Aelurosuchus browni n. gen., n. sp. Broom 1906
Broom 1906
Nythosaurus browni n. sp. Broom 1912
Broom 1912
Trirachodontidae
Trirachodon minor n. sp. Broom 1905
Broom 1905 1 individual
Therocephalia - Nothogomphodontidae
Microgomphodon oligocynus n. gen., n. sp. Seeley 1895
Abdala et al. 2013
NHMUK R3305 (holotype), complete skull and lower jaws
Sesamodon browni n. gen., n. sp. Broom 1905
Broom 1905 2 individuals
Melinodon simus n. gen., n. sp. Broom 1905
Broom 1905 1 individual
Reptilia - Procolophonidae
Thelegnathus parvus n. sp. Broom 1905
Broom 1905 1 individual
Thelegnathus browni n. gen., n. sp. Broom 1905
Broom 1905 1 individual
SAM PK-5869 (type), a left maxilla
Reptilia
Palacrodon browni n. gen., n. sp. Broom 1906
Gow 1999 1 individual
SAM-PK-5871 (type), a left mandible; SAM-PK 6215, a right maxilla associated with the holotype jaw, apparently not noticed by Broom at that time
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Mastodonsauridae
Parotosuchus dirus n. sp. Chernin 1978
Chernin 1978 1 individual
SAM-PK-K434, fragmentary lower jaw
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Brachyopidae
Batrachosuchus browni n. gen., n. sp. Broom 1903
Broom 1903 1 individual
(type) "collection of Alfred Brown", now probably in the SAM
see common names

Geography
Country:South Africa State/province:Eastern Cape County:Maletswai
Coordinates: 30.7° South, 26.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:66.9° South, 12.6° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Triassic Epoch: Middle Triassic
Stage: Anisian 10 m.y. bin: Triassic 2
Key time interval: Anisian Zone:  Cynognathus Assemblage
Age range of interval: 247.2 - 242 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Beaufort Formation:Burgersdorp
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "siliciclastic"
Environment:terrestrial indet. Tectonic setting:foreland basin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Articulated whole bodies:none
Associated major elements:some
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:A. Brown
Collection method comments: SAM: Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town
Metadata
Database number:80060
Authorizer:J. Mueller, A. Dunhill, R. Butler Enterer:J. Dummasch, R. Butler, B. Allen, T. Liebrecht
Modifier:T. Liebrecht Research group:vertebrate
Created:2008-04-02 02:29:06 Last modified:2015-04-19 22:50:23
Access level:the public Released:2008-04-02 02:29:06
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
26917. S.P. Modesto and R. J. Damiani. 2003. Taxonomic status of Thelegnathus browni Broom, a procolophonid reptile from the South African Triassic. Annals of Carnegie Museum 72(1):53-64 [J. Mueller/J. Dummasch]

Secondary references:

66849 F. Abdala, T. Jashashvili, B. S. Rubidge and J. Heever. 2013. New Material of Microgomphodon oligocynus (Eutherapsida, Therocephalia) and the Taxonomy of Southern African Bauriidae. In C. Kammerer, K. Angielczyk, J. Fröbisch (eds.), Early Evolutionary History of the Synapsida 209-231 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen/B. Allen]
30406 R. Broom. 1903. On a new Stegocephalian (Batrachosuchus browni) from the Karroo Beds of Aliwal North, South Africa. Geological Magazine, New Series, Decade IV 10(11):499-501 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht]
31995 R. Broom. 1905. Preliminary notice of some new fossil Reptiles collected by Mr. Alfred Brown at Aliwal North, S. Africa. Records of the Albany Museum 1(4):269-275 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht]
68010 R. Broom. 1906. On a new cynodont reptile (Aelurosuchus browni). Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society 16(1):376-378 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]
58451 R. Broom. 1912. On some new South African Permian reptiles. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1911:1073-1082 [R. Butler/J. Benito Moreno]
34187 S. Chernin. 1977. A new brachyopid, Batrachosuchus concordi sp. nov. from the Upper Luangwa Valley, Zambia with a redescription of Batrachosuchus browni Broom, 1903. Palaeontologia africana 20:87-109 [R. Butler/R. Butler]
47049 S. Chernin. 1978. Three capitosaurs from the Triassic of South Africa: Parotosuchus africanus (Broom 1909); Kestrosaurus dreyeri Haughton 1925, and Parotosuchus dirus sp. nov. Palaeontologia africana 21:79-100 [R. Butler/R. Butler]
55108 C. E. Gow. 1999. The Triassic reptile Palacrodon browni Broom, synonymy and a new specimen. Palaeontologia Africana 35:21-23 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht]