"Ganora", New Bethesda: Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian, South Africa
collected by B. Kitching
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Millerettidae
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Millerettoides platyceps n. gen., n. sp.
Broom 1948
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Broom 1948 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| R.C. 71 (type) | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Younginidae
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Youngina capensis
Broom 1914
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Kitching 1977 | |||||||||
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Therocephalia
- Whaitsiidae
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Whaitsia platyceps
Haughton 1918
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Kitching 1977 | |||||||||
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Therocephalia
- Ictidosuchidae
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Ictidosuchoides intermedius
Broom 1940
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Kitching 1977 | |||||||||
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Procynosuchidae
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Galecranium liorhynchus n. gen., n. sp.
Broom 1948
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Broom 1948 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| Skull | ||||||||||
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Galeophrys kitchingi n. gen., n. sp.
Broom 1948
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Broom 1948 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| Skull and cervical column | ||||||||||
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Procynosuchus rubidgei n. sp.
Broom 1938
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Kitching 1977 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| Skull | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | South Africa | State/province: | Eastern Cape | County: | Camdeboo |
| Coordinates: | 31.9° South, 24.6° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 63.0° South, 27.8° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Permian | Epoch: | Lopingian |
| Stage: | Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian | 10 m.y. bin: | Permian 4 |
| Key time interval: | Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian | Zone: | Daptocephalus or Dicynodon Assemblage Zone |
| Age range of interval: | 259.51 - 251.902 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Beaufort | Formation: | Balfour | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: It is said that the fossils come from the "Daptocephalus zone" (Gow, 1972) which is equivalent to the Dicynodon Assemblage Zone.
Geographic and stratigraphic data suggest that the locality is in the Balfour Formation of the Beaufort Group (see Catuneanu et al., 2005, J. Afr. Earth Sci., 43, figs. 24, 25). The Dicynodon AZ is Early and Middle Changhsingian according to Catuneanu et al. (2005). | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | green calcareous mudstone | ||
| Includes fossils? | Y | ||
| Lithology description: "All the specimens are preserved in fine-grained green mudstone which may or may not form a nodule surrounding the specimen." (Gow, 1972). | |||
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. | Tectonic setting: | foreland basin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Articulated whole bodies: | none |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | mechanical,survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collectors: | B. Kitching |
| Collection method comments: R.C. = "S. H. Rubidge collection housed on the farm Wellwood near Graff Reinet" (Gow, 1972) | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Afrikanderskloof | ||
| Database number: | 80225 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Mueller, R. Butler | Enterer: | J. Dummasch, R. Butler |
| Modifier: | R. Butler | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-04-09 05:56:43 | Last modified: | 2016-10-04 07:09:26 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2011-04-09 05:56:43 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 26960. | C. E. Gow. 1972. The osteology and relationships of the Millerettidae (Reptilia: Cotylosauria). Journal of Zoology, London 167:219-264 [J. Mueller/J. Dummasch] |
Secondary references:
| 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] | |
| 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] |