Also known as Cumulus Hills

Where: Antarctica (85.1° S, 174.8° W: paleocoordinates 81.8° S, 69.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lystrosaurus zone, Fremouw Formation (Beacon Group), Early/Lower Triassic (252.2 - 247.2 Ma)

• "28 m above formational base (for WSU 0974)." (Cosgriff et al., 1982);

•In Collinson et al. (2006, GSA Bull. 118(5/6) pp. 755/756) it is said that the base of the Fremouw Fm. is not exposed in the section and that the lowest vertebrate-bearing bed (incl. Lystrosaurus maccaigi) is 28 m above the base of the section.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: "floodplain"; burrowed mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by J. W. Cosgriff, W. R. Hammer, among others in 1977-1978

• WSU = Wayne State University Museum of Natural History, Detroit, Michigan

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 27265: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Robin Whatley on 26.11.2002, edited by Richard Butler

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