Brookfield (Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone): Wuchiapingian, South Africa
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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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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7 individuals | |||||||||
| Seven skulls | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Gorgonopsia indet.
Seeley 1894
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Gorgonopidae
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Scymnognathus holmesi n. sp.
Broom 1948
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Broom 1948 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| RC 61, skull and cervical vertebrae | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | South Africa | State/province: | Western Cape | County: | Murraysburg |
| Coordinates: | 31.9° South, 23.7° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 61.9° South, 29.2° 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 | 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
| 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 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Engelsmanskraal | ||
| Database number: | 175331 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler | Enterer: | J. Benito Moreno |
| Modifier: | R. Butler | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2015-12-09 10:20:31 | Last modified: | 2016-08-05 05:32:00 |
| Access level: | database members | Released: | 2017-12-09 10:20:31 |
| 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:
| 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] |