Also known as "Old Brickfield" Donga
Where: Free State, South Africa (28.3° S, 29.1° E: paleocoordinates 66.1° S, 10.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone zone, Harrismith Member (Normandien Formation), Induan to Induan (252.2 - 247.2 Ma)
• "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)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the BPI
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ),
• TM: Ditsong National Museum of Natural History, formerly Transvaal Museum, Pretoria, South Africa
•MGM: McGregor Museum, Kimberley, Cape Province, South Africa
Primary reference: E. H. Colbert and J. W. Kitching. 1977. Triassic Cynodont Reptiles From Antarctica. American Museum Novitates 2611:1-30 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 88282: authorized by Johannes Mueller, entered by Torsten Liebrecht on 06.04.2009, edited by Richard Butler, Juan Benito Moreno and Bethany Allen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Lydekkerina putterilli n. sp." = Broomistega putterilli2
"Lydekkerina putterilli n. sp." = Broomistega putterilli2 Broom 1930 tetrapod TM 184, partial skull (holotype)
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Lydekkerina sp.10, "Lydekkerina huxleyi" = Lydekkerina huxleyi8, "Limnoiketes paludinatans n. gen. n. sp." = Lydekkerina huxleyi10, "Lydekkerina dutoiti n. sp." = Lydekkerina huxleyi2, "Putterillia platyceps n. gen. n. sp." = Lydekkerina huxleyi2
"Limnoiketes paludinatans n. gen. n. sp." = Lydekkerina huxleyi10 Lydekker 1889 tetrapod UMZC T.214, skull
"Putterillia platyceps n. gen. n. sp." = Lydekkerina huxleyi2 Lydekker 1889 tetrapod TM 168, partial skull (holotype)
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"Chasmatosaurus vanhoepeni n. gen. n. sp." = Proterosuchus fergusi7
"Chasmatosaurus vanhoepeni n. gen. n. sp." = Proterosuchus fergusi7 Broom 1903 archosauromorph TM 201, skull
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Prolacerta broomi n. gen. n. sp.9
Prolacerta broomi n. gen. n. sp.9 Parrington 1935 archosauromorph UMZC 2003.40 (holotype), partial skull. BP/1/2675, skull and postcranial skeleton.
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Osteichthyes | |
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Ericiolacerta parva n. gen. n. sp.8
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Galesaurus planiceps8, "Thrinaxodon liorhinus" = Thrinaxodon liorhinus, "Thrinaxodon putterilli n. sp." = Thrinaxodon liorhinus8, "Micrictodon marionae n. gen. n. sp." = Thrinaxodon liorhinus3, "Platycranion elegans n. gen. n. sp." = Platycraniellus elegans1, "Platycraniellus elegans" = Platycraniellus elegans8
"Thrinaxodon liorhinus" = Thrinaxodon liorhinus Seeley 1894 cynodont "about 30 skulls of Thrinaxodon (very frequently with skeletal remains attached)"
"Platycranion elegans n. gen. n. sp." = Platycraniellus elegans1 van Hoepen 1916 cynodont TM 25 (holotype), skull; NMQR 1633, partial skull
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"Lystrosaurus declivis" = Lystrosaurus declivis8, "Lystrosaurus wagneri n. sp." = Lystrosaurus declivis12, "Lystrosaurus curvatus" = Lystrosaurus curvatus8, "Lystrosaurus jorisseni n. sp." = Lystrosaurus curvatus12, "Lystrosaurus wageri n. sp." = Lystrosaurus curvatus12, "Lystrosaurus theileri n. sp." = Lystrosaurus curvatus12, "Dicynodon strigops n. sp." = Prolystrosaurus strigops8, "Lystrosaurus maccaigi" = Lystrosaurus maccaigi5, "Lystrosaurus putterilli n. sp." = Lystrosaurus maccaigi11, "Lystrosaurus murrayi" = Lystrosaurus murrayi8, "Lystrosaurus jeppei n. sp." = Lystrosaurus murrayi12, "Lystrosaurus breyeri n. sp." = Lystrosaurus murrayi11
"Lystrosaurus wagneri n. sp." = Lystrosaurus declivis12 Brink 1951 dicynodont TM 28 (holotype), skull
"Lystrosaurus jorisseni n. sp." = Lystrosaurus curvatus12 Owen 1876 dicynodont TM 17 (holotype), skull
"Lystrosaurus theileri n. sp." = Lystrosaurus curvatus12 Owen 1876 dicynodont TM 16 (holotype), skull
"Dicynodon strigops n. sp." = Prolystrosaurus strigops8 Broom 1913 dicynodont AMNH FARB 5581, a badly weathered partial skull
"Lystrosaurus putterilli n. sp." = Lystrosaurus maccaigi11 Seeley 1898 dicynodont TM R44 (holotype), skull and partial skeleton; TM R47, skull
"Lystrosaurus jeppei n. sp." = Lystrosaurus murrayi12 Huxley 1859 dicynodont TM 15 (holotype), skull
"Lystrosaurus breyeri n. sp." = Lystrosaurus murrayi11 Huxley 1859 dicynodont TM 19 (holotype), skull
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Myosaurus gracilis n. gen. n. sp.4
Myosaurus gracilis n. gen. n. sp.4 Hammer and Cosgriff 1981 dicynodont SAM 3526, 3526a (holotype), two skulls. At least 8 additional skulls
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