Wellwood (Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone): Wuchiapingian, South Africa
collected by S.H. Rubidge 1938
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Therocephalia
- Ictidosuchidae
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Ictidosuchoides rubidgei n. sp.
Broom 1936
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Haughton 1965 | |||||||||
| RC 6, partial small skull | ||||||||||
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Therocephalia
- Scaloposauridae
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Pelictosuchus paucidens n. gen., n. sp.
Broom 1940
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Haughton 1965 | |||||||||
| RC 31, partial skull | ||||||||||
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Therocephalia
- Akidnognathidae
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Promoschorhynchus platyrhinus
Brink 1954
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Haughton 1965 | |||||||||
| RC 116, small skull with lower jaw | ||||||||||
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Anomodontia
- Cryptodontidae
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Dicynodon wellwoodensis n. sp.
Broom 1936
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Broom 1936 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| TM 262, a well preserved skull missing the lest temporal arch and the edge of the occiput | ||||||||||
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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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4 individuals | |||||||||
| Four skulls | ||||||||||
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Palemydops rubidgeae n. sp.
Broom 1937
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| RC No. 8, a skull | ||||||||||
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Dicynodon rubidgei
Broom 1932
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Emydops cf. microdon
(Broom 1936)
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Haughton 1965 | |||||||||
| RC 136, small skull with lower jaw and partial skeleton | ||||||||||
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Dicynodon anneae n. sp.
Broom 1940
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Broom 1940 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| RC 42 a dorsoventrally crushed skull with a poorly preserved ventral surface | ||||||||||
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Dicynodon whitsonae n. sp.
Toerien 1954
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Haughton 1965 | |||||||||
| RC 42, small skull | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Hipposaurus rubidgei n. sp.
Broom 1940
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Broom 1940 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| RC 20 | ||||||||||
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Gorgonopidae
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Dinogorgon rubidgei n. gen., n. sp.
Broom 1936
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Sigogneau-Russell 1989 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| RC 1, compressed snout with anterior part of lower jaw | ||||||||||
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Scylacops capensis
Broom 1913
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Sigogneau-Russell 1989 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| SAM-PK-3444, complete skull | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | South Africa | State/province: | Eastern Cape | County: | Camdeboo |
| Coordinates: | 32.0° South, 24.6° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 62.6° South, 28.7° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| 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
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | green calcareous mudstone | ||
| Includes fossils? | Y | ||
| Lithology description: "All the specimens are preserved in fine-grained green mudstone which may or may not form a nodule surrounding the specimen." (Gow, 1972). | |||
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. | Tectonic setting: | foreland basin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | poor |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | S.H. Rubidge | Collection dates: | 1938 |
| Collection method comments: R.C. = "S. H. Rubidge collection housed on the farm Wellwood near Graff Reinet" (Gow, 1972) | |||
Metadata
| Database number: | 174717 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler, A. Dunhill | Enterer: | J. Benito Moreno, B. Allen, R. Butler |
| Modifier: | R. Butler | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2015-11-25 05:53:38 | Last modified: | 2016-06-21 06:12:55 |
| Access level: | database members | Released: | 2017-11-25 05:53:38 |
| 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:
| 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] | |
| 66794 | S. H. Haughton. 1965. The Rubidge Collection of fossil Karroo vertebrates. Palaeontologia Africana 9:1-17 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen] | |
| 57886 | D. S. Sigogneau-Russell. 1989. Theriodontia I: Phthinosuchia, Biarmosuchia, Eotitanosuchia, Gorgonopsia. Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology [R. Butler/R. Butler/R. Butler] |