Farm Bethel 763: Induan, South Africa
collected by J. Welman 1997

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Rhynchosauroides sp. Maidwell 1911
Marchetti et al. 2019
BE-TR 6
Anomodontia
cf. Dolomitipes sp. Marchetti et al. 2019
Marchetti et al. 2019
BE-TR 2, 5
Dolomitipes accordii (Ceoloni et al. 1988)
Marchetti et al. 2019
BE-TR 1-4, BE 1-3
Anomodontia - Lystrosauridae
Lystrosaurus sp. Cope 1870
2 specimens
NM QR3422, 3423
Lystrosaurus declivis Brink 1951
Botha and Smith 2007
Lystrosaurus murrayi (Huxley 1859)
Botha and Smith 2007
unclassified
cf. Dicynodontipus sp. Rühle von Lilienstern 1944
Marchetti et al. 2019
BE-TR 7
Therocephalia - Akidnognathidae
Moschorhinus kitchingi Broom 1920
Huttenlocker and Botha-Brink 2013
SAM-PK-K10684, partial snout; SAM-PK-K10015a, skull; SAM-PK-K10015b, partial skull and lower jaw
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Trematosauridae
Lonchorhynchinae indet. Säve-Söderbergh 1935
1 individual
NM QR3424
see common names

Geography
Country:South Africa State/province:Free State
Coordinates: 30.4° South, 26.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:64.9° South, 20.0° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Early/Lower Triassic
Stage:Induan 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 1
Key time interval:Induan Other zone: Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone
Age range of interval:251.90200 - 251.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Beaufort
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:fluvial-lacustrine 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
Collectors:J. Welman Collection dates:1997
Collection method comments: NMQR: National Museum, Bloemfontein
Metadata
Database number:144333
Authorizer:R. Butler, A. Dunhill, B. Allen, M. Uhen Enterer:R. Butler, B. Allen, M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2013-05-03 22:08:51 Last modified:2018-08-01 15:08:27
Access level:the public Released:2013-05-03 22:08:51
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

46666. R. J. Damiani and J. Welman. 2001. A long-snouted trematosaurid amphibian from the Early Triassic of South Africa. South African Journal of Science 97:318-319 [R. Butler/R. Butler]

Secondary references:

66488 J. Botha and R. M. H. Smith. 2007. Lystrosaurus species composition across the Permo–Triassic boundary in the Karoo Basin of South Africa. Lethaia 40:125-137 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
66876 A. K. Huttenlocker and J. Botha-Brink. 2013. Body size and growth patterns in the therocephalian Moschorhinus kitchingi (Therapsida: Eutheriodontia) before and after the end-Permian extinction in South Africa. Paleobiology 39(2):253-277 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]
80933 L. Marchetti, H. Klein, M. Buchwitz, A. Ronchi, R. M. H. Smith, W. J. De Klerk, L. Sciscio and G. H. Groenewald. 2019. Permian-Triassic vertebrate footprints from South Africa: Ichnotaxonomy, producers and biostratigraphy through two major faunal crises. Gondwana Research 72:139-168 [B. Allen/B. Allen]