Edenburg: Induan, South Africa
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Lydekkerinidae
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Bothriceps huxleyi n. sp.
Lydekker 1889
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5 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Lydekkerina huxleyi | ||||||||||
| BMNH R.507, skull (holotype). BMNH R504–506, R508, cranial and postcranial remains in sandstone nodules | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | South Africa | State/province: | Free State |
| Coordinates: | 29.7° South, 25.9° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 64.3° South, 19.0° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Early/Lower Triassic |
| Stage: | Induan | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 1 |
| Key time interval: | Induan | Zone: | Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone |
| Age range of interval: | 251.90200 - 251.20000 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | BMNH |
Metadata
| Database number: | 143692 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler | Enterer: | R. Butler |
| Modifier: | R. Butler | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-04-25 18:28:09 | Last modified: | 2013-06-05 10:27:29 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-04-25 18:28:09 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 46528. | R. Broom. 1915. On the Triassic stegocephalians, Brachyops, Bothriceps, and Lydekkerina, gen. nov. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1915:363-368 [R. Butler/R. Butler] |
Secondary references:
| 46539 | A. M. Jeannot, R. Damiani, and B. S. Rubidge. 2006. Cranial anatomy of the Early Triassic stereospondyl Lydekkerina huxleyi (Tetrapoda: Temnospondyli) and the taxonomy of South African lydekkerinids. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26(4):822-838 [R. Butler/R. Butler/R. Butler] |