Also known as Oliviershoek Pass, Lystrosaurus zone
Where: KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (28.6° S, 29.1° E: paleocoordinates 66.3° S, 10.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone other zone, Harrismith Member (Normandien Formation), Induan to Induan (252.2 - 247.2 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Kitching; reposited in the BPI
Collection methods: mechanical,
• Though not specifically stated, the Brink specimens are probably BPI.
•Sigogneau specimen is BPI. Tetracynodon has a different Field Number than that given in Brink 1965, but Brink states that Tetracynodon was found four feet away from Oliviera parringtoni.
Primary reference: A. S. Brink. 1965. A new ictidosuchid (Scaloposauria) from the Lystrosaurus-zone. Palaeontologia Africana 9:129-138 [J. Alroy/R. Whatley/R. Whatley]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 34815: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Robin Whatley on 01.10.2003, edited by Richard Butler
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Broomistega putterilli3 Broom 1930 tetrapod BP/1/3241, partially disarticulated skeleton including nearly complete skull with lower jaw
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"Olivieria parringtoni n. gen. n. sp." = Olivierosuchus parringtoni Brink 1965 therapsid BP/1/379, complete skulla and anterior portion of a skeleton skeleton
Moschorhinus kitchingi2 Broom 1920 therapsid BP/1/4227, skull, lower jaw and nearly complete postcrania
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Tetracynodon darti n. sp.4 Sigogneau 1963 therapsid BP/1/2710, nearly complete skull, lower jaw and anterior part of skeleton (holotype).
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