Heuningneskrans, Camdeboo: Wuchiapingian, South Africa
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gorgonopidae
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Aloposaurus gracilis
Broom 1910
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1 individual | |||||||||
| IGP 7412, deformed and slightly incomplete skull | ||||||||||
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= ? Aelurosaurus sp.
Owen 1881
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Sigogneau-Russell 1989 | |||||||||
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Anomodontia
- Cryptodontidae
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Dicynodon corstorphinei n. sp.
Broom and Haughton 1917
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Broom and Haughton 1917 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| SAM-PK-3337, a partial skull and lower jaws | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | South Africa | State/province: | Eastern Cape | County: | Graaff-Reinet |
| Coordinates: | 32.2° South, 24.3° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 62.6° South, 29.4° 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. From the "Endothiodon-Schichten." | |||||
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: | Honing Krantz, Heuningnestkrans, Heuning Nest Kraantz | ||
| Database number: | 176501 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler | Enterer: | J. Benito Moreno, R. Butler |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-02-15 11:10:42 | Last modified: | 2019-12-12 15:25:50 |
| Access level: | database members | Released: | 2018-02-15 11:10:42 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 71228. | F. v. Huene. 1937. Drei Theriodontier-Schädel aus Südafrika [Three theriodontian skulls from South Africa]. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 19:297-315 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 37766 | R. Broom and S. H. Haughton. 1917. Some new species of Anomodontia (Reptilia). Annals of the South African Museum 12:119-125 [J. Fröbisch/M. Walther] | |
| 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] | |
| 57886 | D. S. Sigogneau-Russell. 1989. Theriodontia I: Phthinosuchia, Biarmosuchia, Eotitanosuchia, Gorgonopsia. Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology [R. Butler/R. Butler/R. Butler] |