Mildenhalls: Wuchiapingian, South Africa
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Cynodraco major n. sp.
Owen 1876
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Sigogneau-Russell 1989 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| NHMUK, two upper canines overlapping a dental symphysis | ||||||||||
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Gorgonopidae
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Lycosaurus tigrinus n. sp.
Owen 1876
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Sigogneau-Russell 1989 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| NHMUK R 1719 | ||||||||||
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Gorgonops torvus n. gen., n. sp.
Owen 1876
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Sigogneau-Russell 1989 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| NHMUK R 1647, incomplete and flattened skull | ||||||||||
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Anomodontia
- Cryptodontidae
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Oudenodon prognathus n. sp.
Owen 1860
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Owen 1860 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| NHMUK 47059, a partial skull and lower jaws | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | South Africa | State/province: | Eastern Cape | County: | Fort Beaufort |
| Coordinates: | 32.9° South, 26.6° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 64.6° South, 29.1° 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 | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| 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: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | BMNH |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Klu Klu Mouth, Mildenhall | ||
| Database number: | 178105 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler | Enterer: | J. Benito Moreno |
| Modifier: | R. Butler | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-04-18 10:12:16 | Last modified: | 2016-05-16 05:39:06 |
| Access level: | database members | Released: | 2018-04-18 10:12:16 |
| 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:
| 19593 | ETE | R. Owen. 1860. On some reptilian fossils from South Africa. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 16(1):49-62 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/R. Butler] |
| 57886 | D. S. Sigogneau-Russell. 1989. Theriodontia I: Phthinosuchia, Biarmosuchia, Eotitanosuchia, Gorgonopsia. Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology [R. Butler/R. Butler/R. Butler] |