Wimbledon: Wuchiapingian, South Africa
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Rhinesuchidae
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Rhinesuchus rubidgei n. sp.
Broom 1948
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Broom 1948 | 1 individual | ||||||||
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Anomodontia
- Cryptodontidae
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Oudenodon bainii
Owen 1859
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Dicynodon richardi n. sp.
Broom 1940
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Broom 1940 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| RC 41 (TM 4041), a poorly prepared skull missing the right temporal arch | ||||||||||
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Dicynodon allani n. sp.
Broom 1940
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1 individual | |||||||||
| RC 37, complete skull, lower jaws and anterior cervical vertebrae | ||||||||||
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Platycyclops latirhinus n. sp.
Broom 1940
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Aulacephalodon rubidgei n. sp.
(Broom 1940)
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Broom 1940 | 2 individuals | ||||||||
| Two skulls | ||||||||||
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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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Dicynodon nanus n. sp.
Broom 1936
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Broom 1936 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| TM 268, a complete skull | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | South Africa | State/province: | Eastern Cape | County: | Graaff-Reinet |
| Coordinates: | 32.1° South, 24.5° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 62.6° South, 29.0° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Permian | Epoch: | Lopingian |
| Stage: | Wuchiapingian | 10 m.y. bin: | Permian 4 |
| Key time interval: | Wuchiapingian | Other 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: | group of beds |
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: | Welgevonden | ||
| Database number: | 174626 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler | Enterer: | J. Benito Moreno |
| Modifier: | R. Butler | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2015-11-19 11:13:21 | Last modified: | 2016-06-21 06:21:40 |
| Access level: | database members | Released: | 2017-11-19 11:13:21 |
| 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:
| 37640 | R. Broom. 1936. On some new genera and species of Karroo fossil reptiles, with notes on some others. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 18:349-386 [J. Fröbisch/M. Walther] | |
| 57572 | R. Broom. 1940. Some new Karroo reptiles from the Graaff-Reinet district. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 20:71-87 [R. Butler/J. Benito Moreno] | |
| 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] | |
| 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] |