Wesselton Mine, Kimberley (horizon obscured) (Permian of South Africa)

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
 Elonichthyiformes - Elonichthyidae
Acrolepis addamsi Broom 1913 ray-finned fish
 Palaeonisciformes - Holuridae
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