Farm Ripplemead, New Bethesda: Early/Lower Triassic, South Africa
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anomodontia
- Lystrosauridae
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Lystrosaurus primitivus n. sp.
Toerien 1954
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| synonym of Lystrosaurus declivis | ||||||||||
| BP 330, skull | ||||||||||
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Lystrosaurus amphibius n. sp.
Brink 1951
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| synonym of Lystrosaurus maccaigi | ||||||||||
| BPI 136, skull | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | South Africa | State/province: | Eastern Cape | County: | Graaff-Reinet |
| Coordinates: | 31.7° South, 24.5° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 64.9° South, 22.6° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Early/Lower Triassic |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 1 | ||
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Triassic | ||
| Age range of interval: | 251.90200 - 247.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Balfour | Member: | Ripplemead |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 196533 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Dunhill | Enterer: | B. Allen |
| Created: | 2018-09-19 10:56:57 | Last modified: | 2018-09-19 10:56:57 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-09-19 10:56:57 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 27213. | J. W. Kitching. 1968. On the Lystrosaurus Zone and its fauna with special reference to some immature Lystrosauridae. Palaeontologia Africana 11:61-76 [H. Sims/J. Camp] |