Colesberg (Permian to of South Africa)

Where: Northern Cape, South Africa (30.7° S, 25.1° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 51.6° S, 16.0° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Daptocephalus other zone, Balfour (?) Formation (Beaufort Group), Wuchiapingian to Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 252.2 Ma)

• Beaufort group; formation not reported but most likely Balfour (Adelaide subgroup)

•Karoo supergroup, Karoo basin

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, adpression

Primary reference: R. A. Jubb and B. G. Gardiner. 1975. A preliminary catalogue of identifiable fossil fish material from southern Adrica. Annals of the South Africa Museum/ Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum 67(11):381-440 [E. Dunne/S. Fasey]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 228429: authorized by Emma Dunne, entered by Sophie Fasey on 05.12.2022

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Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Palaeonisciformes - Atherstoniidae
Atherstonia scutata Woodward 1889
BMNH P.4735