Leeuwkloof pareiasaur locality (Permian of South Africa)

Also known as Nieuwveld, Karoo, Karroo

Where: Northern Cape, South Africa (31.5° S, 22.4° E: paleocoordinates 61.1° S, 28.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Zechstein (259.5 - 254.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. Broom. 1935. Notes on some species of pareiasaurian reptiles. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 18:37-51 [J. Alroy/R. Whatley/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 34816: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Robin Whatley on 01.10.2003

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Procolophonomorpha -
"Pareiasaurus pulcher n. sp." = Pareiasuchus peringueyi
"Pareiasaurus pulcher n. sp." = Pareiasuchus peringueyi Broom and Haughton 1913 parareptile
skull, shoulder girdle, humerus, several vertebrae