Farm Avilion: Anisian, South Africa
collected by Hancox
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Cynodontia indet.
(Owen 1861)
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1 individual | |||||||||
| BP/1/5833, fragment of maxilla | ||||||||||
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Diademodon sp.
Seeley 1895
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1 individual | |||||||||
| BP/1/5542, lower jaw | ||||||||||
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Trirachodontidae
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Cricodon metabolus
Crompton 1955
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4 individuals | |||||||||
| BP/1/5538, 5540, 5835, 6159, partial skulls | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Cynognathus sp.
Seeley 1895
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1 individual | |||||||||
| BP/1/5543, lower jaw | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | South Africa | State/province: | Eastern Cape | County: | Sterkstroom |
| Coordinates: | 31.6° South, 26.4° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 67.3° South, 14.8° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Middle Triassic |
| Stage: | Anisian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Anisian | Other zone: | Cynognathus subzone C |
| Age range of interval: | 247.20000 - 242.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Beaufort | Formation: | Burgersdorp | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Fossils are from the uppermost 150 m of the Burgerdorp Formation: the "Cynognathus Assemblage Zone, Subzone C" | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "siliciclastic" |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | BPI |
| Collectors: | Hancox |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Avilon | ||
| Database number: | 105293 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler | Enterer: | R. Butler |
| Modifier: | R. Butler | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-02-18 19:50:24 | Last modified: | 2014-08-08 03:06:07 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-02-18 19:50:24 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 35216. | F. Abdala, P. J. Hancox, and J. Neveling. 2005. Cynodonts from the uppermost Burgersdorp Formation, South Africa, and their bearing on the biostratigraphy and correlation of the Triassic Cynognathus Assemblage Zone. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(1):192-199 [R. Butler/R. Butler] |
Secondary references:
| 52167 | P. J. Hancox, K. D. Angielczyk, and B. S. Rubidge. 2013. Angonisaurus and Shansiodon, dicynodonts (Therapsida, Anomodontia) from Subzone C of the Cynognathus Assemblage Zone (Middle Triassic) of South Africa. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33(3):655-676 [R. Butler/R. Butler] |