Lumku Catholic Mission: Anisian, South Africa
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Lumkuiidae
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Lumkuia fuzzi n. gen., n. sp.
Hopson and Kitching 2001
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Geography
| Country: | South Africa | State/province: | Eastern Cape |
| Coordinates: | 31.7° South, 27.2° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 68.0° South, 13.8° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Middle Triassic |
| Stage: | Anisian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Anisian | Other zone: | Cynognathus |
| Age range of interval: | 247.20000 - 242.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Beaufort | Formation: | Burgersdorp | ||
| Stratigraphy comments: Subzone B of the Cynognathus Assemblage Zone | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | fluvial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 69697 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | paleobotany,vertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-03-01 14:38:06 | Last modified: | 2014-06-09 09:37:40 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-09-01 14:38:06 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 23378. | J. A. Hopson and J. W. Kitching. 2001. A probainognathian cynodont from South Africa and the phylogeny of nonmammalian cynodonts. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 156(1):5-35 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/B. Allen] |