Swartgrond: Wordian, South Africa
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anomodontia
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| 1 individual | ||||||||||
| NMQR 3158; partial skull associated with scapula and forelimb | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | South Africa | State/province: | Western Cape | County: | Prince Albert |
| Coordinates: | 33.1° South, 22.9° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 56.0° South, 33.7° West (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Permian | Epoch: | Guadalupian |
| Stage: | Wordian | 10 m.y. bin: | Permian 4 |
| Key time interval: | Wordian | Zone: | Eodicynodon Assemblage |
| Age range of interval: | 266.9 - 264.28 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Beaufort | Formation: | Abrahamskraal |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | mudstone | ||
| Secondary lithology: | sandstone | ||
| Lithology description: There is no lithologic data in the primary reference. A stratigraphic log of the Ecca/Beaufort boundary interval of the Swartgrond area is given in Rubidge et al. (2000, S. Afr. J. Geol. 103(1)). | |||
| Environment: | delta plain | Tectonic setting: | foreland basin |
| Glacial or sequence phase: | regressive | ||
| Geology comments: Rubidge et al. (2000) interpret the basal Abrahamskraal Fm. as a subaerial delta plain environment representing the non-marine part of a second-order highstand systems tract. | |||
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: NMQR = National Museum, Bloemfontein, South Africa | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 94779 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Mueller | Enterer: | T. Liebrecht |
| Modifier: | T. Liebrecht | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-03-12 15:34:35 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-03-12 15:34:35 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 32298. | B. S. Rubidge, G. M. King, and J. P. Hancox. 1994. The Postcranial Skeleton of the Earliest Dicynodont Synapsid Eodicynodon from the Upper Permian of South Africa. Palaeontology 37(2):397-408 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht] |