Farm Wilgerkloof: Anisian, South Africa
collected by P. J. Hancox
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
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Paracyclotosaurus morganorum n. sp.
Damiani and Hancox 2003
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| BP/1/5551, posterior portion of skull | ||||||||||
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Anomodontia
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Kannemeyeriiformes indet.
(Huene 1948)
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Hancox et al. 2013 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| BP/1/5533, skull fragments | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | South Africa | State/province: | Eastern Cape | County: | Sterkstroom |
| Coordinates: | 31.6° South, 26.4° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 67.3° South, 14.8° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Middle Triassic |
| Stage: | Anisian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Anisian | Other zone: | Cynognathus Assemblage Zone Subzone C |
| Age range of interval: | 247.20000 - 242.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Beaufort | Formation: | Burgersdorp | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Collected from the upper Burgersdorp Formation, Cynognathus Assemblage Zone, Subzone C; Subzone C is considered late Anisian in age | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | fine,gray sandstone |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (float),surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | BPI |
| Collectors: | P. J. Hancox |
Metadata
| Database number: | 96327 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler | Enterer: | R. Butler |
| Modifier: | R. Butler | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-06-01 01:29:54 | Last modified: | 2014-08-08 03:16:31 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-06-01 01:29:54 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 32693. | R. J. Damiani and P. J. Hancox. 2003. New mastodonsaurid temnospondyls from the Cynognathus Assemblage Zone (Upper Beaufort Group; Karoo Basin) of South Africa. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23(1):54-66 [R. Butler/R. Butler] |
Secondary references:
| 52167 | P. J. Hancox, K. D. Angielczyk, and B. S. Rubidge. 2013. Angonisaurus and Shansiodon, dicynodonts (Therapsida, Anomodontia) from Subzone C of the Cynognathus Assemblage Zone (Middle Triassic) of South Africa. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33(3):655-676 [R. Butler/R. Butler] |