Where: Western Cape, South Africa (32.0° S, 23.5° E: paleocoordinates 61.8° S, 29.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone other zone, Beaufort Group, Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)
• Radioisotopic data constrains the likely age of the Cistecephalus Zone to Wuchiapingian (Rubidge et al. 2013).
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the BPI
Primary reference: M. J. Toerien. 1953. The evolution of the palate in South African Anomodontia and its classificatory significance. Palaeontologia Africana 1:49-117 [J. Fröbisch/M. Walther]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 176358: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 08.02.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes | |
Ictidosuchoides longiceps Broom 1920 therapsid | |
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Cistecephalus microrhinus Owen 1876 dicynodont |