Sekretariskraal, Murraysburg (Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone): Wuchiapingian, South Africa
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Gorgonopsia indet.
Seeley 1894
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| Unidentified specimens include small to medium Gorgonopsia | ||||||||||
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Gorgonopidae
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Gorgonops torvus
Owen 1876
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Anomodontia
- Cryptodontidae
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Dicynodon milletti n. sp.
Broom 1928
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Broom 1928 | |||||||||
| MMK 4164, a dorsoventrally crushed skull, lower jaws and associated postcranial elements | ||||||||||
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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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Dicynodon ictinops n. sp.
Broom 1921
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Broom 1921 | |||||||||
| MMK 4165, a nearly complete skull and postcranium | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | South Africa | State/province: | Western Cape | County: | Murraysburg |
| Coordinates: | 31.9° South, 23.5° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 61.8° South, 29.4° 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: | Sekretaris Kraal | ||
| Database number: | 176923 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler | Enterer: | J. Benito Moreno |
| Modifier: | J. Benito Moreno | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-03-08 12:44:40 | Last modified: | 2016-03-10 11:08:07 |
| Access level: | database members | Released: | 2018-03-08 12:44:40 |
| 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:
| 37442 | R. Broom. 1921. On some new genera and species of anomodont reptiles from the Karroo beds of South Africa. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 647-674 [J. Fröbisch/M. Walther/M. Uhen] | |
| 58726 | R. Broom. 1928. On three new species of Dicynodon. Annals of the South African Museum 22:421-425 [R. Butler/J. Benito Moreno] |