Where: Namibia (21.1° S, 16.5° E: paleocoordinates 53.7° S, 11.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Cynognathus subzone B other zone, Omingonde Formation (Karoo Group), Anisian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

• "Based on the co-occurrence of Kannemeyeria and Erythrosuchus in subzone B of the Cynognathus Assemblage Zone, the Omingonde Formation may be broadly assigned an Anisian age." (Damiani et al. 2007. Palaeontology 50: 1531-1546)

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•Abdala & Smith (2009) suggest the possibility of two different faunas in the upper Omingonde Formation; a younger one corresponding to Cynognathus Subzone B and the upper possibly to Cynognathus Subzone C. On the basis of the presence of Chiniquodon in the upper fauna, Abdala & Smith (2009) tentatively suggested that the Omingonde could extend into the early Ladinian. These specimens of Dolichuranus were probably from the older fauna and would be early Anisian in age

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; shale and conglomerate

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Keyser, Kitching, Cruickshank in 1974; reposited in the BPI

Primary reference: R. Damiani, C. Vasconcelos, A. Renaut, J. Hancox, and A. M. Yates. 2007. Dolichuranus primaevus (Therapsida: Anomodontia) from the Middle Triassic of Namibia and its phylogenetic relationships. Palaeontology 50:1531-1546 [R. Butler/R. Butler/O. Alfaro]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 99468: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 12.11.2010

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