Donovan's Kop: Induan, South Africa
collected by J. Kitching, A. Warren 1968, 1992
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anomodontia
- Lystrosauridae
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Lystrosaurus murrayi
(Huxley 1859)
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Kitching 1977 | |||||||||
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Lystrosaurus declivis
Brink 1951
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Kitching 1977 | |||||||||
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Lystrosaurus curvatus
(Owen 1876)
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Kitching 1977 | |||||||||
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Lystrosaurus oviceps
Haughton 1915
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Kitching 1977 | |||||||||
| synonym of Lystrosaurus curvatus | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Glochinodontoides gracilis n. gen., n. sp.
Haughton 1924
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Kitching 1977 | |||||||||
| synonym of Galesaurus planiceps | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Owenettidae
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Owenetta kitchingorum n. sp.
Reisz and Scott 2002
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4 individuals | |||||||||
| synonym of Saurodektes rogersorum | ||||||||||
| BP/1/4195a (type), BP/1/4195b, BP/1/4196, BP/1/5398 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | South Africa | State/province: | Free State | County: | Kopanong |
| Coordinates: | 30.5° South, 26.1° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 64.8° South, 20.3° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Early/Lower Triassic |
| Stage: | Induan | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 1 |
| Key time interval: | Induan | Zone: | Lystrosaurus Assemblage |
| Age range of interval: | 251.90200 - 251.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Beaufort | Formation: | Katberg | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone; informations on lithostratigraphy are from Abdala et al. (2006, PALAIOS, 21(5)); the Katberg Fm. is Induan in age, according to Catuneanu et al. (2005, J. Afr. Earth Sci., 35(1)) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "siliciclastic" | ||
| Environment: | fluvial indet. | Tectonic setting: | foreland basin |
| Geology comments: "It [the Katberg Formation] was deposited under arid climatic conditions within the more distal parts of a sandy, bedload-dominated, ephemeral braided stream complex draining a source area composed predominantly of granitic, metamorphic and alkaline volcanic rocks (Hiller and Stavrakis, 1984; Smith, 1995)." (Catuneanu et al., 2005, J. African Earth Sci. 43) | |||
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Articulated whole bodies: | some |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | J. Kitching, A. Warren | Collection dates: | 1968, 1992 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 80140 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Mueller, R. Butler | Enterer: | J. Dummasch, R. Butler |
| Modifier: | R. Butler | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-04-07 02:19:45 | Last modified: | 2011-02-22 11:00:59 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2011-04-07 02:19:45 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 26950. | R. R. Reisz and D. Scott. 2002. Owenetta kitchingorum, sp. nov., a small parareptile (Procolophonia: Owenettidae) from the Lower Triassic of South Africa. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(2):244-256 [J. Mueller/J. Dummasch/T. Liebrecht] |
Secondary references:
| 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] |