Tweefontein, Bethulie (Triassic to of South Africa)

Also known as Lucerne 70

Where: Eastern Cape, South Africa (31.0° S, 26.0° E: paleocoordinates 65.6° S, 19.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone other zone, Beaufort Group, Induan to Induan (252.2 - 247.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; siliciclastic sediments

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: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 181691: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 28.09.2016, edited by Bethany Allen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Parareptilia - Owenettidae
Owenetta sp. Broom 1939 parareptile
 Diapsida - Prolacertidae
Prolacerta sp. Parrington 1935 archosauromorph
Osteichthyes
 Therapsida -
Thrinaxodon liorhinus Seeley 1894 cynodont
 Dicynodontia - Lystrosauridae
Lystrosaurus declivis, Lystrosaurus murrayi, "Lystrosaurus curvatus" = Lystrosaurus curvatus, "Lystrosaurus platyceps" = Lystrosaurus curvatus
Lystrosaurus declivis Brink 1951 dicynodont
Lystrosaurus murrayi Huxley 1859 dicynodont
"Lystrosaurus curvatus" = Lystrosaurus curvatus Owen 1876 dicynodont
"Lystrosaurus platyceps" = Lystrosaurus curvatus Owen 1876 dicynodont
 Therocephalia - Akidnognathidae
Moschorhinus kitchingi Broom 1920 therapsid
SAM-PK-K9953, articulated postcrania; SAM-PK-K10698, small lower jaw, ribs and pelvis