Amandelboom farm: Capitanian, South Africa
collected by RMH Smith 2012
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Rhinesuchidae
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Rhinesuchidae indet.
Watson 1919
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Rhinesuchus sp.
Broom 1908
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McHugh 2014 | |||||||||
| SAM-PK-K6728, partial postcranial skeleton | ||||||||||
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Anomodontia
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Pristerodon mackayi
Huxley 1868
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Endothiodon bathystoma
Owen
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Diictodon feliceps
(Owen 1876)
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| Numerous articulated skeletons and isolated skull | ||||||||||
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Anomodontia
- Cryptodontidae
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? Tropidostoma dubium
(Owen 1876)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gorgonopidae
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Gorgonops torvus
Owen 1876
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unclassified
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Eriphostoma microdon
Broom 1911
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| SAM-PK-K1116 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Pareiasuchus sp.
Broom and Haughton 1913
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Pareiasaurus sp.
Owen 1876
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Geography
| Country: | South Africa | State/province: | Northern Cape | County: | Fraserburg |
| Coordinates: | 32.1° South, 22.1° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 52.8° South, 27.2° West (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Permian | Epoch: | Guadalupian |
| Stage: | Capitanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Permian 4 |
| Key time interval: | Capitanian | Other zone: | Pristerognathus Assemblage |
| Age range of interval: | 264.28 - 259.51 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | maximum 260.41 Ma (U/Pb) |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Beaufort | Formation: | Teekloof | Member: | Poortjie |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: lower Teekloof Formation, in the uppermost Poortjie Member.iostratigraphically, this new gorgonopsian specimen occurs in the uppermost Pristerognathus AZ (Smith and Keyser 1995); this suggests that its horizon of provenance is younger than ~260.41 Ma (late Capitanian) based on the age of the Pristerognathus AZ as derived from CA-TIMS U–Pb dates from reworked tuff beds in the Eastern Cape Province | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray siltstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: dark grey, maroon-mottled, siltstone | |
| Environment: | fluvial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | RMH Smith | Collection dates: | November 2012 |
| Collection method comments: SAM: South African Museum, Cape Town | |||
Metadata
| Also known as: | Ryers Valley 401 | ||
| Database number: | 176246 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler, A. Dunhill | Enterer: | R. Butler, B. Allen |
| Modifier: | R. Butler | ||
| Created: | 2016-02-03 16:37:40 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | database members | Released: | 2017-02-03 16:37:40 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 57888. | C. F. Kammerer, R. M. H. Smith, M. O. Day and B. S. Rubidge. 2015. New information on the morphology and stratigraphic range of the mid‐Permian gorgonopsian Eriphostoma microdon Broom, 1911. Papers in Palaeontology [R. Butler/R. Butler] |
Secondary references:
| 66951 | J. B. McHugh. 2014. Paleohistology and histovariability of the Permian stereospondyl Rhinesuchus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34(1):59-68 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen] |