Luiperkop (Triassic of South Africa)

Also known as Luiper Kop, Luiperdskop

Where: Eastern Cape, South Africa (30.8° S, 26.3° E: paleocoordinates 66.7° S, 13.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Cynognathus Assemblage Zone other zone, Burgersdorp Formation, Anisian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; shale

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Watson in 1911

Collection methods: surface (float),

• UCMZ: University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge

Primary reference: D. M. S. Watson. 1956. The brachyopid labyrinthodonts. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology 2(8):315-392 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht/R. Butler]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 145499: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 03.06.2013, edited by Grace Varnham

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Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Therapsida - Cistecynodontidae
Cistecynodon parvus n. gen. n. sp.
Cistecynodon parvus n. gen. n. sp. Brink and Kitching 1953 cynodont
Amphibia
 Temnospondyli - Brachyopidae
? Batrachosuchus sp. Broom 1903 tetrapod
UMZC T194, mandibular fragment. UMZC T193, atlas