Where: Eastern Cape, South Africa (31.0° S, 26.3° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 50.7° S, 8.0° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Cynognathus Assemblage Zone Subzone B other zone, Burgersdorp Formation (Beaufort Group), Anisian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)
• Burgersdorp Formation, upper Beaufort Group, Karoo Supergroup
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; green mudstone and red siliciclastic
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by E. C. Case, S. Haughton in 1923
• SAM: Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town
Primary reference: S. H. Haughton. 1925. Investigations in South African fossil reptiles and amphibians (Part 13). Annals of the South African Museum 22:227-261 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 144319: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 03.05.2013
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Amphibia | |
Microposaurus casei n. gen. n. sp.
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Osteichthyes | |
Kannemeyeria sp. Seeley 1908 dicynodont | |
Diademodon sp. Seeley 1895 cynodont
Cynognathus sp. Seeley 1895 cynodont |