Reservoir locality (Permian of South Africa)

Also known as Wilgerbosch

Where: Eastern Cape, South Africa (31.8° S, 24.6° E: paleocoordinates 64.1° S, 25.4° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Dicynodon zone, Beaufort Group, Changhsingian (254.2 - 252.2 Ma)

• "Lower Beaufort Group" - Teekloof/Balfour fm.?

•35m above Roadside Locality

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, green, blue siltstone

• blue-green siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: P. Bender. 2001. A new actinopterygian fish species from the Late Permian Beaufort Group, South Africa. Palaeontologia africana 37:25-40 [E. Dunne/S. Fasey]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 231864: authorized by Emma Dunne, entered by Sophie Fasey on 22.09.2023

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Taxonomic list

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Actinopteri
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Bethesdaichthys kitchingi
Bethesdaichthys kitchingi Bender 2001
TM 20 housed at the Transvaal Museum, Pretoria