Alfresco (Permian of South Africa)
Where: Northern Cape, South Africa (32.2° S, 21.4° E: paleocoordinates 60.2° S, 31.3° W)
When: Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; muddy sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. Botha-Brink. 2010. Do extraordinarily high growth rates in Permo-Triassic dicynodonts (Therapsida, Anomodontia) explain their success before and after the end-Permian extinction?. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 160(2):341-365 [M. Uhen/W. Rhodes]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 188979: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by William Rhodes on 23.09.2017
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Taxonomic list
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Osteichthyes | |
Galeops sp. Broom 1912 therapsid | |
Diictodon sp. Broom 1913 dicynodont |