Voetpad (Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone): Wuchiapingian, South Africa
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anomodontia
- Cryptodontidae
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Oudenodon bainii
Owen 1859
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Dicynodon breviceps n. sp.
Haughton 1915
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Haughton 1915 | |||||||||
| SAM-PK-2366, a badly weathered, crushed partial skull and lower jaws | ||||||||||
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Anomodontia
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Dicynodontia indet.
(Owen 1859)
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| Unidentified specimens include small to large Dicynodontia | ||||||||||
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Cistecephalus microrhinus
Owen 1876
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| Six skulls | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | South Africa | State/province: | Western Cape | County: | Murraysburg |
| Coordinates: | 31.9° South, 24.0° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 62.2° South, 29.1° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
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 | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Direct dates for the 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: | Murraysburg | ||
| Database number: | 175566 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler | Enterer: | J. Benito Moreno |
| Modifier: | J. Benito Moreno | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2015-12-14 11:02:53 | Last modified: | 2016-03-10 10:47:08 |
| Access level: | database members | Released: | 2017-12-14 11:02:53 |
| 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:
| 46664 | S. H. Haughton. 1915. Investigations in South African fossil reptiles and Amphibia. On a new species of Trematosaurus (T. sobeyi). Annals of the South African Museum 12:47-51 [R. Butler/R. Butler] |