Sekretariskraal, Murraysburg (Dicynodon Assemblage Zone) (Permian to of South Africa)

Also known as Sekretaris Kraal

Where: Western Cape, South Africa (31.9° S, 23.5° E: paleocoordinates 62.2° S, 28.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Dicynodon Assemblage Zone zone, Beaufort Group, Wuchiapingian to Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 252.2 Ma)

• Direct maximum date for the Dicynodon Assemblage Zone from Rubidge et al., 2013

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. W. Kitching. 1977. The distribution of the Karroo vertebrate fauna. Memoirs of the Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Research 1:1-131 [H. Sims/J. Camp]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 176924: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Juan Benito Moreno on 08.03.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Therocephalia - Ictidosuchidae
Ictidosuchops intermedius Broom 1938 therapsid
 Therapsida -
Gorgonopsia indet. Seeley 1894 therapsid
Unidentified specimens include small to large Gorgonopsia
 Anomodontia - Cryptodontidae
Oudenodon bainii Owen 1859 therapsid
 Dicynodontia -
Dicynodontia indet. dicynodont
Unidentified specimens include small to large Dicynodontia