Hoeksplaas (Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone): Wuchiapingian, South Africa

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Therocephalia
Therocephalia indet. (Broom 1903)
Anomodontia - Cryptodontidae
Oudenodon bainii Owen 1859
Aulacephalodon cadlei n. sp. Broom 1948
Broom 1948 1 individual
Partial skull
Anomodontia
Dicynodontia indet. (Owen 1859)
Cistecephalus microrhinus Owen 1876
17 skulls
Dicynodon aetorhamphus n. sp. Broom 1948
Broom 1948
RC 85, a complete skull
unclassified
Gorgonopsia indet. Seeley 1894
Gorgonopidae
Cyonosaurus longiceps Olson 1937
Sigogneau-Russell 1989 1 individual
BP/1/253, well-preserved skull
Palaeonisciformes - Atherstoniidae
Atherstonia sp. Woodward 1889
see common names

Geography
Country:South Africa State/province:Eastern Cape County:Murraysburg
Coordinates: 31.6° South, 23.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:61.5° South, 29.0° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
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
Formation:Teekloof Member:Oukloof
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Direct date for the Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone from Rubidge et al., 2013
Per Bender 2001, Cistecephalus zone west of 24 degrees E is represented by Oukloof member, Teekloof formation
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
Metadata
Also known as:Kleinefontein
Database number:174622
Authorizer:R. Butler Enterer:J. Benito Moreno
Modifier:S. Fasey Research group:vertebrate
Created:2015-11-19 06:18:46 Last modified:2023-09-05 04:48:51
Access level:database members Released:2017-11-19 06:18:46
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:

85482 P. Bender. 2001. A new actinopterygian fish species from the Late Permian Beaufort Group, South Africa. Palaeontologia africana 37:25-40 [E. Dunne/S. Fasey]
57014 R. Broom. 1948. A Contribution to our Knowledge of the Vertebrates of the Karroo Beds of South Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 61(2):577-629 [R. Butler/J. Benito Moreno/J. Benito Moreno]
57886 D. S. Sigogneau-Russell. 1989. Theriodontia I: Phthinosuchia, Biarmosuchia, Eotitanosuchia, Gorgonopsia. Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology [R. Butler/R. Butler/R. Butler]