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Taxonomic list
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Diademodontidae
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Titanogomphodon crassus n. gen., n. sp.
Keyser 1973
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6 specimens | |||||||||
| R322, partial skull, R567, 568, 321c, 321a, 327 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Namibia |
| Coordinates: | 21.1° South, 16.5° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 37.5° South, 5.5° West (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Karoo | Formation: | Omingonde | Member: | Upper |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Referred to as the "Lower Etjo Beds" by Keyser (1973) but now called the Omingonde Formation. "Based on the co-occurrence of Kannemeyeria and Erythrosuchus in subzone B of the Cynognathus Assemblage Zone, the Omingonde Formation may be broadly assigned an Anisian age." (Damiani et al. 2007. Palaeontology 50: 1531-1546)
Abdala & Smith (2009) suggest the possibility of two different faunas in the upper Omingonde Formation; an older one corresponding to Cynognathus Subzone B and the upper possibly to Cynognathus Subzone C. On the basis of the presence of Chiniquodon in the upper fauna, Abdala & Smith (2009) tentatively suggested that the Omingonde could extend into the early Ladinian. The type locality of Titanogomphodon is from high in the upper Omingonde and would therefore be part of the younger fauna of late Anisian-early Ladinian age | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | conglomerate | ||
| Includes fossils? | Y | ||
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. | Tectonic setting: | rift |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Specimens in the collections of the Geological Survey of South Africa, Pretoria | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 99459 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler | Enterer: | R. Butler |
| Modifier: | R. Butler | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-11-11 23:48:50 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-11-11 23:48:50 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 34203. | A. W. Keyser. 1973. A new Triassic vertebrate fauna from South West Africa. Palaeontologia africana 16:1-15 [R. Butler/R. Butler] |
Secondary references:
| 34212 | F. Abdala and R. M. H. Smith. 2009. A Middle Triassic cynodont fauna from Namibia and its implications for the biogeography of Gondwana. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29:837-851 [R. Butler/R. Butler] | |
| 34205 | A. S. Brink. 1980. Notes on additional material of Titanogomphodon crassus Keyser (Diademodontidae). Annals of the Geological Survey, Rpublic of South Africa 14(1):39-50 [R. Butler/R. Butler] | |
| 34213 | R. M. H. Smith and R. Swart. 2002. Changing fluvial environments and vertebrate taphonomy in response to climatic drying in a mid-Triassic rift valley fill: the Omingonde Formation (Karoo Supergroup) of central Namibia. Palaios 17:249-267 [R. Butler/R. Butler] |