De Cypher farm: Capitanian, South Africa
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Tapinocephalidae
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Pnigalion oweni n. gen., n. sp.
Watson 1914
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Boonstra 1969 | |||||||||
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Anomodontia
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Chelydontops altidentalis n. gen., n. sp.
Cluver 1975
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1 individual | |||||||||
| SAM-PK-11558, partial skull and mandible, including a damaged snout and anterior portion of the palate, the skull roof, basicranium, and occiput, a portion of the left mandibular ramus, axis, and cervical vertebrae 3–5 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | South Africa | State/province: | Western Cape | County: | Beaufort West |
| Coordinates: | 32.5° South, 22.0° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 52.9° South, 27.9° West (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Permian | Epoch: | Guadalupian |
| Stage: | Capitanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Permian 4 |
| Key time interval: | Capitanian | Other zone: | Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone |
| Age range of interval: | 264.28 - 259.51 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Beaufort | Formation: | Abrahamskraal | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Angielczyk et al. (2016) list this locality as Tapinocephalus Zone. Radioisotopic data constrains the likely age of the Tapinocephalus Zone to Capitanian (Rubidge et al. 2013). | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "siliciclastic" |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: SAM: South African Museum, Cape Town | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | De Cyfer | ||
| Database number: | 176349 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler, A. Dunhill | Enterer: | R. Butler, B. Allen |
| Modifier: | R. Butler | ||
| Created: | 2016-02-08 22:04:13 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | database members | Released: | 2017-02-08 22:04:13 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 57977. | K. D. Angielczyk, B. S. Rubidge, M. O. Day and F. Lin. 2016. A reevaluation of Brachyprosopus broomi and Chelydontops altidentalis, dicynodonts (Therapsida, Anomodontia) from the middle Permian Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone of the Karoo Basin, South Africa. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e1078342 [R. Butler/R. Butler] |
Secondary references:
| 67683 | L. D. Boonstra. 1969. The fauna of the Tapinocephalus Zone (Beaufort Beds of the Karoo). Annals of the South African Museum 56(1):1-73 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen] |