PBDB Collection

Harrismith Commonage: Induan - Olenekian, South Africa

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

Reptilia

	Aenigmasaurus grallator Parrington 1953	Kitching 1977
Reptilia - Prolacertidae

	Prolacerta broomi n. gen., n. sp. Parrington 1935	Modesto and Sues 2004	2 individuals
	UMZC 2003.40 (holotype), partial skull. BP/1/2675, skull and postcranial skeleton.
Reptilia

	Archosauriformes indet. Gauthier 1986	Kitching 1977	1 individual
	UMZC T950
Reptilia - Proterosuchidae

	Chasmatosaurus vanhoepeni n. gen., n. sp. Haughton 1924	Haughton 1924	1 individual
	TM 201, skull
Reptilia - Procolophonidae

	Procolophon cf. trigoniceps Owen 1876	Kitching 1977
Therocephalia - Ericiolacertidae

	Ericiolacerta parva n. gen., n. sp. Watson 1931	Kitching 1977
Therocephalia - Scaloposauridae

	Scaloposaurus constrictus Owen	Kitching 1977

	Scaloposaurus hoffmanni n. sp. Crompton 1955	Crompton 1955
	Skull (uncatalogued)
Anomodontia

	Myosaurus gracilis n. gen., n. sp. Hammer and Cosgriff 1981	Cluver 1974	10 individuals
	SAM 3526, 3526a (holotype), two skulls. At least 8 additional skulls
Anomodontia - Lystrosauridae

	Lystrosaurus murrayi (Huxley 1859)	Kitching 1977

	Lystrosaurus breyeri n. sp. Van Hoepen 1915	Van Hoepen 1915
	TM 19 (holotype), skull

	Lystrosaurus jeppei n. sp. Van Hoepen 1916	Van Hoepen 1916
	TM 15 (holotype), skull

	Lystrosaurus curvatus (Owen 1876)	Kitching 1977

	Lystrosaurus jorisseni n. sp. Van Hoepen 1916	Van Hoepen 1916
	TM 17 (holotype), skull

	Lystrosaurus theileri n. sp. Van Hoepen 1916	Van Hoepen 1916
	TM 16 (holotype), skull

	Lystrosaurus wageri n. sp. Van Hoepen 1916	Van Hoepen 1916
	TM 18 (holotype), skull

	Lystrosaurus declivis Brink 1951	Kitching 1977

	Lystrosaurus wagneri n. sp. Van Hoepen 1916	Van Hoepen 1916
	TM 28 (holotype), skull

	Lystrosaurus maccaigi Seeley 1898	Cosgriff et al. 1982
	UCMP 124858

	Lystrosaurus putterilli n. sp. Van Hoepen 1915	Van Hoepen 1915
	TM R44 (holotype), skull and partial skeleton; TM R47, skull

	Dicynodon strigops n. sp. Broom 1913	Kitching 1977
	AMNH FARB 5581, a badly weathered partial skull
unclassified

	Platycranion elegans n. gen., n. sp. van Hoepen 1916	Abdala 2007	2 individuals
	TM 25 (holotype), skull; NMQR 1633, partial skull

	Platycraniellus elegans (van Hoepen 1916)	Kitching 1977

	Thrinaxodon liorhinus Seeley 1894		30 individuals
	"about 30 skulls of Thrinaxodon (very frequently with skeletal remains attached)"

	Micrictodon marionae n. gen., n. sp. Broom 1937	Broom 1937	1 specimen

	Thrinaxodon putterilli n. sp. Broom 1932	Kitching 1977

	Galesaurus planiceps Owen 1860	Kitching 1977
	NMQR 860, UMZC T819, UMZC T823, SAM-PK-K1119, TM 83
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Lydekkerinidae

	Lydekkerina sp. Broom 1915	Parrington 1948	1 individual
	UMZC, partial skull

	Lydekkerina huxleyi (Lydekker 1889)	Kitching 1977

	Limnoiketes paludinatans n. gen., n. sp. Parrington 1948	Parrington 1948	1 individual
	UMZC T.214, skull

	Lydekkerina dutoiti n. sp. Broom 1930	Broom 1930	1 individual
	MGM 4285, skull

	Putterillia platyceps n. gen., n. sp. Broom 1930	Broom 1930	1 individual
	TM 168, partial skull (holotype)
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Rhinesuchidae

	Lydekkerina putterilli n. sp. Broom 1930	Broom 1930	1 individual
	TM 184, partial skull (holotype)
see common names

Geography

Country:	South Africa	State/province:	Free State	County:	Maluti-A-Phofung
Coordinates:	28.3° South, 29.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	66.1° South, 10.2° West
Basis of coordinate:	based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:	local area

Time

Period:	Triassic	Epoch:	Early Triassic
Stage:	Induan - Olenekian	10 m.y. bin:	Triassic 1
Key time interval:	Induan - Olenekian	Zone:	Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone
Age range of interval:	251.902 - 247.2 m.y. ago

Stratigraphy

Geological group:	Beaufort	Formation:	Normandien	Member:	Harrismith
Stratigraphic resolution:	member
Stratigraphy comments: "levels corresponding to the Harrismith Member of the Normandien Formation (Rubidge et al. 1995), which record a fauna biostratigraphically known as the Lystrosaurus AZ, Induan–early Olenekian in age." (Abdala 2007)

Lithology and environment

Primary lithology:	not reported
Environment:	terrestrial indet.	Tectonic setting:	foreland basin

Taphonomy

Modes of preservation:	body
Degree of concentration:	concentrated
Size of fossils:	macrofossils
Associated major elements:	many
Temporal resolution:	snapshot

Collection methods and comments

Collection methods:	selective quarrying,surface (in situ),field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:	taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:	BPI
Collection method comments: TM: Ditsong National Museum of Natural History, formerly Transvaal Museum, Pretoria, South Africa MGM: McGregor Museum, Kimberley, Cape Province, South Africa

Metadata

Also known as:	"Old Brickfield" Donga
Database number:	88282
Authorizer:	J. Mueller, R. Butler, A. Dunhill	Enterer:	T. Liebrecht, J. Benito Moreno, R. Butler, B. Allen
Modifier:	R. Butler	Research group:	vertebrate
Created:	2009-04-06 08:29:16	Last modified:	2016-11-08 09:17:22
Access level:	the public	Released:	2009-04-06 08:29:16
Creative Commons license:	CC BY

Reference information

Primary reference:

29626.

E. H. Colbert and J. W. Kitching. 1977. Triassic Cynodont Reptiles From Antarctica. American Museum Novitates 2611:1-30 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht]

Secondary references:

34017		F. Abdala. 2007. Redescription of Platycraniellus elegans (Therapsida, Cynodontia) from the Lower Triassic. Palaeontology 50:591-618 [R. Butler/R. Butler]
46530		R. Broom. 1930. Notes on some labyrinthodonts in the Transvaal Museum. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 14:1-10 [R. Butler/R. Butler]
55690		R. Broom. 1937. A further contribution to our knowledge of the fossil reptiles of the Karroo. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 107(3):299-318 [R. Butler/R. Butler]
35270		M. A. Cluver. 1974. The cranial morphology of the Lower Triassic dicynodont Myosaurus gracilis. Annals of the South African Museum 66:35-54 [R. Butler/R. Butler]
7538	5% 30000	J. W. Cosgriff, W. R. Hammer, and W. J. Ryan. 1982. The Pangaean reptile, Lystrosaurus maccaigi, in the Lower Triassic of Antarctica. Journal of Paleontology 56(2):371-385 [J. Alroy/R. Whatley/R. Whatley]
66988		A. W. Crompton. 1955. V Scaloposaurus hoffmanni sp. nov. Navorsinge van die Nasionale Museum [Researches of the National Museum] 1(7):172-176 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]
60752		M. D. Ezcurra and R. J. Butler. 2015. Taxonomy of the proterosuchid archosauriforms (Diapsida: Archosauromorpha) from the earliest Triassic of South Africa, and implications for the early archosauriform radiation. Palaeontology 58(1):141-170 [R. Butler/R. Butler]
37664		S. H. Haughton. 1924. On a new type of thecodont from the middle Beaufort Beds. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 11(1):93-97 [R. Butler/R. Butler/R. Butler]
27216		J. W. Kitching. 1977. The distribution of the Karroo vertebrate fauna. Memoirs of the Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Research 1:1-131 [H. Sims/J. Camp]
35276		S. P. Modesto and H.-D. Sues. 2004. The skull of the Early Triassic archosauromorph reptile Prolacerta broomi and its phylogenetic significance. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 140:335-351 [R. Butler/R. Butler]
46540		F. R. Parrington. 1948. Labyrinthodonts from South Africa. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 118:426-445 [R. Butler/R. Butler]
27201		E. C. N. Van Hoepen. 1915. Contributions to the knowledge of the reptiles of the Karroo Formation. 3. The skull and other remains of Lystrosaurus putterilli, n. sp. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 5:214-216 [H. Sims/J. Camp/M. Carrano]
27225		E. C. N. Van Hoepen. 1916. Preliminary description of some new lystrosauri. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 5:214-216 [H. Sims/J. Camp/M. Carrano]