Where: Eastern Cape, South Africa (31.8° S, 24.5° E: paleocoordinates 62.9° S, 27.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Daptocephalus Assemblage Zone other zone, Beaufort Group, Wuchiapingian to Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 252.2 Ma)
• Daptocephalus or Dicynodon Assemblage Zone constrained as late Wuchiapingian to Changhsingian on the basis of radioisotopic data (Rubidge et al. 2013).
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: RC, Rubidge Collection, Wellwood
Primary reference: D. S. Sigogneau-Russell. 1989. Theriodontia I: Phthinosuchia, Biarmosuchia, Eotitanosuchia, Gorgonopsia. Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology [R. Butler/R. Butler/R. Butler]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 178864: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 19.05.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Mygalesaurus platyceps n. gen. n. sp." = Procynosuchus delaharpeae2
"Mygalesaurus platyceps n. gen. n. sp." = Procynosuchus delaharpeae2 Broom 1937 cynodont RC 56, partial skull
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"Rubidgea kitchingi n. sp." = Rubidgea atrox, "Broomisaurus rubidgei n. sp." = Leontocephalus rubidgei1
"Broomisaurus rubidgei n. sp." = Leontocephalus rubidgei1 Broom 1940 therapsid RC 19, slightly flattened and incomplete skull
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"Whaitsia platyceps" = Theriognathus microps2
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