Aliwal North Area: Anisian, South Africa
collected by A. Brown
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Trirachodontidae
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Trirachodon minor n. sp.
Broom 1905
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Broom 1905 | 1 individual | ||||||||
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unclassified
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Nythosaurus browni n. sp.
Broom 1912
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Broom 1912 | |||||||||
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Aelurosuchus browni n. gen., n. sp.
Broom 1906
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Broom 1906 | |||||||||
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Therocephalia
- Nothogomphodontidae
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Microgomphodon oligocynus n. gen., n. sp.
Seeley 1895
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Abdala et al. 2013 | |||||||||
| NHMUK R3305 (holotype), complete skull and lower jaws | ||||||||||
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Melinodon simus n. gen., n. sp.
Broom 1905
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Broom 1905 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| synonym of Microgomphodon oligocynus | ||||||||||
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Sesamodon browni n. gen., n. sp.
Broom 1905
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Broom 1905 | 2 individuals | ||||||||
| synonym of Microgomphodon oligocynus | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Palacrodon browni n. gen., n. sp.
Broom 1906
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Gow 1999 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| SAM-PK-5871 (type), a left mandible; SAM-PK 6215, a right maxilla associated with the holotype jaw, apparently not noticed by Broom at that time | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Procolophonidae
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Thelegnathus browni n. gen., n. sp.
Broom 1905
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Broom 1905 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Procolophonidae | ||||||||||
| SAM PK-5869 (type), a left maxilla | ||||||||||
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Thelegnathus parvus n. sp.
Broom 1905
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Broom 1905 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Procolophoninae | ||||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Mastodonsauridae
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Parotosuchus dirus n. sp.
Chernin 1978
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Chernin 1978 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Mastodonsauridae | ||||||||||
| SAM-PK-K434, fragmentary lower jaw | ||||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Brachyopidae
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Batrachosuchus browni n. gen., n. sp.
Broom 1903
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Broom 1903 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| (type) "collection of Alfred Brown", now probably in the SAM | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | South Africa | State/province: | Eastern Cape | County: | Maletswai |
| Coordinates: | 30.7° South, 26.7° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 66.9° South, 12.6° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Middle Triassic |
| Stage: | Anisian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Anisian | Zone: | Cynognathus Assemblage |
| Age range of interval: | 247.20000 - 242.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Beaufort | Formation: | Burgersdorp |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "siliciclastic" | ||
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. | Tectonic setting: | foreland basin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Articulated whole bodies: | none |
| Associated major elements: | some |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collectors: | A. Brown |
| Collection method comments: SAM: Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 80060 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Mueller, A. Dunhill, R. Butler | Enterer: | J. Dummasch, R. Butler, T. Liebrecht, B. Allen |
| Modifier: | T. Liebrecht | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-04-02 02:29:06 | Last modified: | 2015-04-19 22:50:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-04-02 02:29:06 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 26917. | S.P. Modesto and R. J. Damiani. 2003. Taxonomic status of Thelegnathus browni Broom, a procolophonid reptile from the South African Triassic. Annals of Carnegie Museum 72(1):53-64 [J. Mueller/J. Dummasch] |
Secondary references:
| 66849 | F. Abdala, T. Jashashvili, B. S. Rubidge and J. Heever. 2013. New Material of Microgomphodon oligocynus (Eutherapsida, Therocephalia) and the Taxonomy of Southern African Bauriidae. In C. Kammerer, K. Angielczyk, J. Fröbisch (eds.), Early Evolutionary History of the Synapsida 209-231 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen/B. Allen] | |
| 30406 | R. Broom. 1903. On a new Stegocephalian (Batrachosuchus browni) from the Karroo Beds of Aliwal North, South Africa. Geological Magazine, New Series, Decade IV 10(11):499-501 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht] | |
| 31995 | R. Broom. 1905. Preliminary notice of some new fossil Reptiles collected by Mr. Alfred Brown at Aliwal North, S. Africa. Records of the Albany Museum 1(4):269-275 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht] | |
| 68010 | R. Broom. 1906. On a new cynodont reptile (Aelurosuchus browni). Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society 16(1):376-378 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen] | |
| 58451 | R. Broom. 1912. On some new South African Permian reptiles. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1911:1073-1082 [R. Butler/J. Benito Moreno] | |
| 34187 | S. Chernin. 1977. A new brachyopid, Batrachosuchus concordi sp. nov. from the Upper Luangwa Valley, Zambia with a redescription of Batrachosuchus browni Broom, 1903. Palaeontologia africana 20:87-109 [R. Butler/R. Butler] | |
| 47049 | S. Chernin. 1978. Three capitosaurs from the Triassic of South Africa: Parotosuchus africanus (Broom 1909); Kestrosaurus dreyeri Haughton 1925, and Parotosuchus dirus sp. nov. Palaeontologia africana 21:79-100 [R. Butler/R. Butler] | |
| 55108 | C. E. Gow. 1999. The Triassic reptile Palacrodon browni Broom, synonymy and a new specimen. Palaeontologia Africana 35:21-23 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht] |