Nieuweld: 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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Dicynodon whaitsi n. sp.
Broom 1913
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| AMNH FARB 5566, a laterally crushed partial skull and anterior portion of the lower jaws | ||||||||||
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Dicynodon laticeps n. sp.
Broom 1912
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| AMNH FARB 5564, a nearly complete, strongly dorsoventrally crushed skull | ||||||||||
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Anomodontia
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Cryptocynodon simus n. sp.
Seeley 1894
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Seeley 1894 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| NHMUK PV R2582 (holotype), poorly preserved partial skull | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | South Africa | State/province: | Limpopo |
| Coordinates: | 23.2° South, 30.4° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 62.4° South, 6.6° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
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: | Molteno Pass | ||
| Database number: | 178198 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler, A. Dunhill | Enterer: | J. Benito Moreno, B. Allen |
| Modifier: | B. Allen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-04-26 09:42:57 | Last modified: | 2019-02-24 06:19:04 |
| Access level: | database members | Released: | 2018-04-26 09:42:57 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 58451. | R. Broom. 1912. On some new South African Permian reptiles. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1911:1073-1082 [R. Butler/J. Benito Moreno] |
Secondary references:
| 29628 | H. G. Seeley. 1894. Researches on the Structure, Organisation, and Classification of the Fossil Reptilia. Part IX. Section 1. On the Therosuchia. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B 185:987-1018 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht/M. Walther] |