Petersburg: Wuchiapingian, South Africa
collected by J. Van Heerden 1974
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Lemurosaurus pricei
Broom 1949
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Sidor and Welman 2003 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| NMQR 1702 | ||||||||||
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Gorgonopidae
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Cyniscops cookei n. sp.
Broom 1948
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Broom 1948 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| BP/1/648, partial skull | ||||||||||
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Anomodontia
- Cryptodontidae
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Aulacocephalodon hartzenbergi
Broom 1937
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Anomodontia
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Dicynodon hartzenbergi n. sp.
Broom 1940
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Broom 1940 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| TM 1480 a complete skull with lower jaws | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | South Africa | State/province: | Eastern Cape | County: | Graaff-Reinet |
| Coordinates: | 32.3° South, 25.0° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 63.1° South, 29.1° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
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: | bed | ||||
| 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
| Collection methods: | mechanical | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | J. Van Heerden | Collection dates: | 1974 |
| Collection method comments: NM: National Museum, Bloemfontein | |||
Metadata
| Also known as: | Petersburg farm, Pietersburg | ||
| Database number: | 176310 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler | Enterer: | R. Butler, J. Benito Moreno |
| Modifier: | R. Butler | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-02-07 06:40:11 | Last modified: | 2016-07-29 06:41:50 |
| Access level: | database members | Released: | 2017-02-07 06:40:11 |
| 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:
| 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] | |
| 57953 | C. A. Sidor. 2003. The naris and palate of Lycaenodon longiceps (Therapsida: Biarmosuchia), with comments on their early evolution in the Therapsida. Journal of Paleontology 77(5):977-984 [R. Butler/R. Butler] | |
| 57954 | C. A. Sidor and J. Welman. 2003. A second specimen of Lemurosaurus pricei (Therapsida: Burnetiamorpha). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23(3):631-642 [R. Butler/R. Butler] |