Klipfontein (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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Kitching 1977 | |||||||||
| Unidentified specimens include small to large Dicynodontia | ||||||||||
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Cistecephalus microrhinus
Owen 1876
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Kitching 1977 | |||||||||
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Dicynodon swierstrai n. sp.
Broom 1940
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| RC 43, a small skull and lower jaws, now lost | ||||||||||
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Dicynodon trigonocephalus n. sp.
Broom 1940
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| RC 38, a nearly complete, anteroposteriorly crushed skull | ||||||||||
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Keirognathus cordylus n. sp.
Seeley 1888
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Kammerer et al. 2011 | |||||||||
| NHMUK 49413, now considered Dicynodontia indet. | ||||||||||
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Dicynodon calverleyi n. sp.
Broom 1940
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| RC 39, a slightly dorsoventrally crushed skull | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | South Africa | State/province: | Eastern Cape | County: | Graaf-Reinet |
| Coordinates: | 32.0° South, 24.8° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 62.9° South, 28.6° 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
| 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: | Klippefontein | ||
| Database number: | 176331 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler | Enterer: | J. Benito Moreno |
| Modifier: | J. Benito Moreno | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-02-08 10:36:14 | Last modified: | 2016-03-10 10:50:11 |
| Access level: | database members | Released: | 2018-02-08 10:36:14 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 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] |
Secondary references:
| 51786 | C. F. Kammerer, K. D. Angielczyk, and J. Frobisch. 2011. A comprehensive taxonomic revision of Dicynodon (Therapsida, Anomodontia) and its implications for dicynodont phylogeny, biogeography, and biostratigraphy. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31(Sup. to 6):1-158 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/J. Benito Moreno] | |
| 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] |