Where: Northern Cape, South Africa (28.8° S, 24.8° E: paleocoordinates 61.2° S, 32.9° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Permian (298.9 - 251.9 Ma)
• Horizon obscure
Environment/lithology: crater lake; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression
Primary reference: R. A. Jubb and B. G. Gardiner. 1975. A preliminary catalogue of identifiable fossil fish material from southern Adrica. Annals of the South Africa Museum/ Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum 67(11):381-440 [E. Dunne/S. Fasey]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 228431: authorized by Emma Dunne, entered by Sophie Fasey on 05.12.2022, edited by Joseph Flannery-Sutherland
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes | |
Acrolepis addamsi Broom 1913 ray-finned fish | |
Peleichthys kimberleyensis n. gen. n. sp., Disichthys kimberleyensis n. gen. n. sp.
Peleichthys kimberleyensis n. gen. n. sp. Broom 1913 McGregor Memorial Museum, Kimberley, No. 536 (holotype)
Disichthys kimberleyensis n. gen. n. sp. Broom 1913 McGregor Memorial Museum, Kimberley, No. 535 (holotype) and other specimens
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