Middleburg: Early Triassic, South Africa
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anomodontia
- Lystrosauridae
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Lystrosaurus sp.
Cope 1870
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Anomodontia
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Dolomitipes accordii
(Ceoloni et al. 1988)
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Marchetti et al. 2019 | |||||||||
| Watson Collection, UCL, UK, WA-R 321 | ||||||||||
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Therocephalia
- Ericiolacertidae
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Ericiolacerta parva
Watson 1931
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Therocephalia
- Lycideopidae
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Tetracynodon darti
Sigogneau 1963
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Therocephalia
- Akidnognathidae
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Moschorhinus kitchingi
Broom 1920
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Reptilia
- Owenettidae
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Owenetta kitchingorum
Reisz and Scott 2002
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Reptilia
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Procolophonichnium nopcsai n. sp.
Nopcsa 1923
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Marchetti et al. 2019 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Procolophonidae
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Sauropareion anoplus
Modesto et al. 2001
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Reptilia
- Prolacertidae
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Prolacerta broomi
Parrington 1935
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Reptilia
- Proterosuchidae
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Proterosuchus fergusi
Broom 1903
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Geography
| Country: | South Africa | State/province: | East Cape | County: | Middelburg |
| Coordinates: | 33.0° South, 20.4° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 47.7° South, 17.3° West (Wright 2013) |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Early Triassic |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 1 | ||
| Key time interval: | Early Triassic | ||
| Age range of interval: | 251.902 - 247.2 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Balfour | Member: | Palingkloof |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | red argillaceous mudstone |
| Secondary lithology: | green sandstone |
| Environment: | "floodplain" |
| Geology comments: represent high-sinuosity channel and floodplain deposits that accumulated under semi-arid climatic conditions | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 188978 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen, B. Allen | Enterer: | M. Hudgins, B. Allen |
| Modifier: | M. Hudgins | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2017-09-23 13:39:45 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2017-09-23 13:39:45 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 63462. | R. Damiani, J. Neveling, S. Modesto and A. Yates. 2003. Barendskraal, a diverse amniote locality from the Lystrosaurus assemblage zone, early Triassic of South Africa. Palaeontologia Africana 39:53-62 [M. Uhen/M. Hudgins/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 7538 | 5% 30000 | J. W. Cosgriff, W. R. Hammer, and W. J. Ryan. 1982. The Pangaean reptile, Lystrosaurus maccaigi, in the Lower Triassic of Antarctica. Journal of Paleontology 56(2):371-385 [J. Alroy/R. Whatley/R. Whatley] |
| 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] |