Wonderkrantz: Induan, South Africa
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Therocephalia
- Lycideopidae
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Tetracynodon darti
Sigogneau 1963
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Sigurdsen et al. 2012 | 7 specimens | ||||||||
| BP/1/4568, UCMP 42869, 42881, 42882, 78395, 78396, 78394 | ||||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Amphibamidae
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Micropholis stowi
Huxley 1859
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| UCMP 42879, skull roof. UCMP 173220, palate | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | South Africa | State/province: | Free State | County: | Thabo Mofutsanyane |
| Coordinates: | 28.3° South, 29.1° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 65.8° South, 12.3° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Early Triassic |
| Stage: | Induan | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 1 |
| Key time interval: | Induan | Other zone: | Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone |
| Age range of interval: | 251.902 - 251.2 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Beaufort | Formation: | Normandien | Member: | Harrismith |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Lower part of the Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone, of probable Induan age | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "siliciclastic" |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | BPI,UCMP |
Metadata
| Database number: | 144328 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler | Enterer: | R. Butler |
| Modifier: | R. Butler | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-05-03 19:31:37 | Last modified: | 2013-06-07 03:32:30 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-05-03 19:31:37 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 46658. | R. R. Schoch and B. S. Rubidge. 2005. The amphibamid Micropholis from the Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone of South Africa. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(3):502-522 [R. Butler/R. Butler] |
Secondary references:
| 47098 | T. Sigurdsen, A. K. Huttenlocker, S. P. Modesto, T. B. Rowe, and R. Damiani. 2012. Reassessment of the morphology and paleobiology of the therocephalian Tetracynodon darti (Therapsida), and the phylogenetic relationships of Baurioidea. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32(5):1113-1134 [R. Butler/R. Butler] |