Oudeberg (Pass and Plateau) - Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone: Wuchiapingian, South Africa
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gorgonopidae
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Lycaenodontoides bathyrhinus n. gen., n. sp.
Haughton 1929
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1 individual | |||||||||
| SAM-PK-3329, snout with dentary, pectoral girdle and right hand | ||||||||||
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Anomodontia
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Dicynodontia indet.
(Owen 1859)
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Cistecephalus microrhinus
Owen 1876
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Hueneus oudebergensis n. gen., n. sp.
Toerien 1953
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Toerien 1953 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| BPI 303, a slighly distorted but well-preserved skull | ||||||||||
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Dicynodon alticeps n. sp.
Broom and Haughton 1913
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Broom and Haughton 1913 | |||||||||
| SAM-PK-2347, a nearly complete skull | ||||||||||
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Dinanomodon gigas n. sp.
Broom 1940
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1 individual | |||||||||
| RC specimen, skull. From this locality according to Kitching (1977) | ||||||||||
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Dicynodon cf. sollasi
Broom 1921
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Haughton 1965 | |||||||||
| RC 134, small skull with lower jaw | ||||||||||
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Eosimops newtoni
Broom 1921
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Reptilia
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Pareiasaurus rubidgei n. sp.
Broom 1940
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Broom 1940 | 1 individual | ||||||||
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Nanoparia luckhoffi n. gen., n. sp.
Broom 1936
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Lee 1997 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| WEL RC109/L3 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Owenettidae
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Owenetta rubidgei
Broom 1939
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Haughton 1965 | |||||||||
| RC 128, small crushed skull with lower jaw | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | South Africa | State/province: | Eastern Cape | County: | Graaff-Reinet |
| Coordinates: | 32.1° South, 24.4° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 62.6° South, 29.1° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Permian | Epoch: | Lopingian |
| Stage: | Wuchiapingian | 10 m.y. bin: | Permian 4 |
| Key time interval: | Wuchiapingian | Zone: | Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone |
| Age range of interval: | 259.51 - 254.14 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 256.25 to 255.2 Ma (U/Pb) |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Beaufort | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Direct dates for Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone from Rubidge et al., 2013 | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: WEL, Welwood Museum, Graaff-Reinet | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Ouberg | ||
| Database number: | 171384 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler, A. Dunhill | Enterer: | R. Butler, J. Benito Moreno, B. Allen |
| Modifier: | J. Benito Moreno | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2015-07-09 09:19:38 | Last modified: | 2015-11-23 04:58:35 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-07-09 09:19:38 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 27216. | J. W. Kitching. 1977. The distribution of the Karroo vertebrate fauna. Memoirs of the Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Research 1:1-131 [H. Sims/J. Camp] |
Secondary references:
| 27202 | R. Broom. 1940. On some new genera and species of fossil reptiles from the Karroo Beds of Graaff-Reinet. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 20:157-192 [H. Sims/J. Camp/R. Butler] | |
| 57021 | R. Broom and S. H. Haughton. 1913. On two new species of Dicynodon. Annals of the South African Museum 12:36-39 [R. Butler/J. Benito Moreno] | |
| 66794 | S. H. Haughton. 1965. The Rubidge Collection of fossil Karroo vertebrates. Palaeontologia Africana 9:1-17 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen] | |
| 29616 | M. S. Y. Lee. 1997. A taxonomic revision of pareiasaurian reptiles: implications for Permian terrestrial paleoecology. Modern Geology 21:231-298 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht/M. Carrano] | |
| 37515 | M. J. Toerien. 1953. The evolution of the palate in South African Anomodontia and its classificatory significance. Palaeontologia Africana 1:49-117 [J. Fröbisch/M. Walther] |