Farm Ripplemead, New Bethesda (Triassic of South Africa)
Where: Eastern Cape, South Africa (31.7° S, 24.5° E: paleocoordinates 64.9° S, 22.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Ripplemead Member (Balfour Formation), Early/Lower Triassic (252.2 - 247.2 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. W. Kitching. 1968. On the Lystrosaurus Zone and its fauna with special reference to some immature Lystrosauridae. Palaeontologia Africana 11:61-76 [H. Sims/J. Camp]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 196533: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 19.09.2018
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Taxonomic list
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Osteichthyes | |
"Lystrosaurus primitivus n. sp." = Lystrosaurus declivis, "Lystrosaurus amphibius n. sp." = Lystrosaurus maccaigi
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