Farm Bastardsfontein, Carnavon District: Lopingian, South Africa
collected by S. Modesto and B. Rubidge
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anomodontia
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Colobodectes cluveri
Modesto et al. 2003
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| BP/1/5737, complete skull strongly flattened dorsoventrally | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | South Africa | State/province: | Northern Cape |
| Coordinates: | 31.2° South, 22.3° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 60.9° South, 28.3° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
| Period: | Permian | Epoch: | Lopingian |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Permian 4 | ||
| Key time interval: | Lopingian | Other zone: | Tapinocephalus Assemblage |
| Age range of interval: | 259.51 - 251.902 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Beaufort | Formation: | Abrahamskraal | ||
| Local section: | Farm Bastardsfontein | Local bed: | 90 m | ||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: The specimen was collected 90 m from the base of the Abrahamskraal Formation on the farm Bastardsfontein (22.15.00E 31.12.00S) in the Carnavon District, Northern Cape Province, South Africa.
The specimen is assigned to the Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone (sensu Rubidge, 1995; also see Rubidge, 2005). | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Secondary lithology: | mudstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | delta plain |
| Geology comments: These rocks, immediately above the contact between the Ecca and Beaufort groups are considered to have been deposited in a subaqueous delta plain environment (Rubidge et al., 2000) in close proximity to the paleoshoreline of the Karoo Basin (Rubidge, 1987). | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
| Bioerosion: | none |
| Encrustation: | none |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Collectors: | S. Modesto and B. Rubidge |
| Collection method comments: BP, Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Research, Johannesburg, South Africa | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 232553 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Vlachos | Enterer: | F. Aspromonte |
| Modifier: | F. Aspromonte | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2023-12-05 06:57:58 | Last modified: | 2023-12-05 07:07:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2023-12-05 06:57:58 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 86719. | K. D. Angielczyk and B. S. Rubidge. 2009. The Permian dicynodont Colobodectes cluveri (Therapsida, Anomodontia), with notes on its ontogeny and stratigraphic range in the Karoo Basin, South Africa. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29(4):1162-1173 [E. Vlachos/F. Aspromonte] |