Brandewyns Gat 214: Capitanian, South Africa

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Karoopes gansfonteinensis Marchetti et al. 2019
Iziko South African Museum, SAM-PK-K 8220; first published by Smith (1980)
see common names

Geography
Country:South Africa
Coordinates: 32.1° South, 22.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:52.8° South, 27.3° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Permian Epoch: Guadalupian
Stage: Capitanian 10 m.y. bin: Permian 4
Key time interval: Capitanian Zone:  Pristerognathus
Age range of interval: 264.28 - 259.51 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Beaufort Formation:Teekloof Member:Poortjie
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:fluvial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:trace
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:224582
Authorizer:B. Allen Enterer:B. Allen
Modifier:M. Carrano
Created:2022-03-21 06:08:25 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2022-03-21 06:08:25
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

80933. L. Marchetti, H. Klein, M. Buchwitz, A. Ronchi, R. M. H. Smith, W. J. De Klerk, L. Sciscio and G. H. Groenewald. 2019. Permian-Triassic vertebrate footprints from South Africa: Ichnotaxonomy, producers and biostratigraphy through two major faunal crises. Gondwana Research 72:139-168 [B. Allen/B. Allen]