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Beaufort West commonage, Central Karoo District Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa
| Lat/Long (Decimal) | -32.3875,22.5539 |
|---|---|
| Co-ordinates Derivation | based on nearby landmark |
| Given Location | Western Cape, South Africa |
| Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Central Karoo District Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa |
Collections
| Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaufort West commonage | Day M. O., Güven S., et al (2015) | Teekloof - Poortjie | Lower Poortjie Member of the Teekloof Formation. The specimen occurred in a horizon 116 m below the top of the Poortjie Member. The Poortjie Member in the Beaufort West area is 160–182 m thick,23,24 in which case this specimen can be constrained to 40–70 m above the base of the Poortjie Member. | mudstone | 265.1 - 259.9 Ma Permian |
| Beaufort West Commonage (Tropidostoma & Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone) | Kitching J. W. (1977) | Beaufort - Poortjie | Beaufort West Commonage was listed as Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone in Kitching, 1977 (and was referred previously as Endothiodon Assemblage Zone) before the definition of the Tropidostoma Assemblage Zone (see Rubidge & Keyser, 1995). Posterior works, as Kammerer et al., 2011, identify fossils from this locality as pertaining to the both the Tropidostoma and the Cistecephalus Assemblage Zones. Direct dates for the Tropidostoma and Cistecephalus Assemblage Zones from Rubidge et al., 2013 | not reported | 265.1 - 254.17 Ma Permian |
Recorded Fossils
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
