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Driefontein, Thabo Mofutsanyane District Municipality, Free State, South Africa

Lat/Long (Decimal)	-28.1819,27.96
Co-ordinates Derivation	estimated from map
Given Location	Free State, South Africa
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)	Thabo Mofutsanyane District Municipality, Free State, South Africa

Collections

Collection	Reference	Stratigraphic Name	Comments	Lithology	Age
Driefontein	Abdala F., Neveling J., et al (2006)	Beaufort - Burgersdorp	Lower horizons of the Burgersdorp Formation; Cynognathus Assemblage Zone Subzone A; late Olenekian age	"siliciclastic"	251.2 - 247.2 Ma Early/Lower Triassic

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Hierarchy	Age
Saurichthys sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Saurichthyidae : *Saurichthys*	251.2 - 247.2 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Actinopterygii class	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii	251.2 - 247.2 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Chondrichthyes class	Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes	251.2 - 247.2 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Lissodus sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Hybodontiformes : *Lissodus*	251.2 - 247.2 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Eucynodontia infraorder	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Cotylosauria : Eucynodontia	251.2 - 247.2 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Langbergia modisei species	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Cotylosauria : Trirachodontidae : Langbergia : *Langbergia modisei*	251.2 - 247.2 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Ptychoceratodus sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Ptychoceratodontidae : *Ptychoceratodus*	251.2 - 247.2 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Bathignathus poikilops species	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Brachyopidae : Bathignathus : *Bathignathus poikilops*	251.2 - 247.2 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Kestrosaurus sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Amphibia : Mastodonsauridae : *Kestrosaurus*	251.2 - 247.2 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Kestrosaurus kitchingi species	Animalia : Chordata : Amphibia : Mastodonsauridae : Kestrosaurus : *Kestrosaurus kitchingi*	251.2 - 247.2 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Garjainia madiba species	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Erythrosuchidae : Garjainia : *Garjainia madiba*	251.2 - 247.2 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Archosauriformes unranked clade	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Archosauriformes	251.2 - 247.2 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Palacrodon browni species	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Palacrodon : *Palacrodon browni*	251.2 - 247.2 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Procolophonidae family	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Procolophonidae	251.2 - 247.2 Ma Early/Lower Triassic

References

Gow C. E. (1999) The Triassic reptile Palacrodon browni Broom, synonymy and a new specimen, Palaeontologia Africana 35, 21-23

Damiani R. J., Jeannot A. M. (2002) A brachyopid temnospondyl from the Lower Cynognathus Assemblage Zone in the northern Karoo Basin, South Africa, Palaeontologia africana 38, 57-69

Bender P. A., Hancox P. J. (2004) Newly Discovered Fish Faunas from the Early Triassic, Karoo Basin, South Africa, and their Correlative Implications, Gondwana Research 7 1, 185-192

Shishkin M. A., Rubidge B. S., et al (2004) Re-evaluation of Kestrosaurus Haughton, a capitosaurid temnospondyl amphibian from the Upper Beaufort Group of South Africa, Russian Journal of Herpetology 11 2, 121-138

Abdala F., Neveling J., et al (2006) A new trirachodontid cynodont from the lower levels of the Burgersdorp Formation (Lower Triassic) of the Beaufort Group, South Africa and the cladistic relationships of Gondwanan gomphodonts, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 147, 383-413

Gaetano L. C., Mocke H., et al (2012) Complex multicusped postcanine teeth from the Lower Triassic of South Africa, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32 6, 1411-1420

Gower D. J., Hancox P. J., et al (2014) A New Species of Garjainia Ochev, 1958 (Diapsida: Archosauriformes: Erythrosuchidae) from the Early Triassic of South Africa, PLoS ONE 9 11, e111154 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0111154

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