Where: Eastern Cape, South Africa (31.7° S, 25.3° E: paleocoordinates 65.5° S, 21.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Lystrosaurus other zone, Katberg Formation (Beaufort Group), Early/Lower Triassic (252.2 - 247.2 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Ewer
• SAM: South African Museum, Cape Town
Primary reference: J. Welman. 1998. The taxonomy of the South African proterosuchids (Reptilia, Archosauromorpha). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18:340-347 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 117184: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 16.09.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
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Osteichthyes | |
Lystrosaurus declivis Brink 1951 dicynodont
Lystrosaurus murrayi Huxley 1859 dicynodont |