Hanover: 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 truncatus n. sp.
Broom 1899
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Broom 1899 | |||||||||
| PEM Unnumbered, a very poorly preserved partial skull, now lost | ||||||||||
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Anomodontia
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Dicynodon clarencei n. sp.
Broom 1950
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Broom 1950 | |||||||||
| RC 97, a well preserved, dorsoventrally crushed skull with jaws | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | South Africa | State/province: | Northern Cape | County: | Hanover |
| Coordinates: | 31.3° South, 24.5° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 62.3° South, 27.4° 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 | |||||
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
| Database number: | 176916 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler | Enterer: | J. Benito Moreno |
| Modifier: | J. Benito Moreno | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-03-07 04:50:11 | Last modified: | 2016-03-10 11:05:10 |
| Access level: | database members | Released: | 2018-03-07 04:50:11 |
| 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:
| 58454 | R. Broom. 1899. On two new species of dicynodonts. Annals of the South African Museum 1:452-456 [R. Butler/J. Benito Moreno] | |
| 58370 | R. Broom. 1950. Three new species of anomodonts from the Rubidge Collection. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 21:256-250 [R. Butler/J. Benito Moreno] |