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Big Bank, Thabo Mofutsanyane District Municipality, Free State, South Africa

Lat/Long (Decimal)-28.2833,29.1333
Co-ordinates Derivationbased on nearby landmark
Given LocationFree State, South Africa
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)Thabo Mofutsanyane District Municipality, Free State, South Africa

Collections

CollectionReferenceStratigraphic NameCommentsLithologyAge
Big Bank, HarrismithModesto S. P., Sues H.-D. (2004)Beaufortnot reported252.17 - 247.2 Ma
Phanerozoic
Queen's Hill, HarrismithModesto S. P., Sues H.-D. (2004)Beaufort - Katbergnot reported252.17 - 251.2 Ma
Phanerozoic
Sonja McDonald 952, HarrismithEzcurra M. D., Butler R. J. (2015)Beaufort"siliciclastic"252.17 - 247.2 Ma
Phanerozoic
WonderkrantzSchoch R. R., Rubidge B. S. (2005)Beaufort - Normandien - HarrismithLower part of the Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone, of probable Induan age"siliciclastic"252.17 - 251.2 Ma
Phanerozoic

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Lystrosaurus declivis
species
Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Cotylosauria : Lystrosauridae : Lystrosaurus : Lystrosaurus declivis252.17 - 247.2 Ma
Phanerozoic
Lystrosaurus murrayi
species
Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Cotylosauria : Lystrosauridae : Lystrosaurus : Lystrosaurus murrayi252.17 - 247.2 Ma
Phanerozoic
Thrinaxodon liorhinus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Cotylosauria : Thrinaxodon : Thrinaxodon liorhinus252.17 - 247.2 Ma
Phanerozoic
Micropholis stowi
species
Animalia : Chordata : Amphibia : Amphibamidae : Micropholis : Micropholis stowi252.17 - 251.2 Ma
Phanerozoic
Tetracynodon darti
species
Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Therocephalia : Lycideopidae : Tetracynodon : Tetracynodon darti252.17 - 251.2 Ma
Phanerozoic
Prolacerta broomi
species
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Prolacertidae : Prolacerta : Prolacerta broomi252.17 - 247.2 Ma
Phanerozoic
Proterosuchidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Proterosuchidae252.17 - 247.2 Ma
Phanerozoic

References

Kitching J. W. (1977) The distribution of the Karroo vertebrate fauna, Memoirs of the Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Research 1, 1-131
Modesto S. P., Sues H.-D. (2004) The skull of the Early Triassic archosauromorph reptile Prolacerta broomi and its phylogenetic significance, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 140, 335-351
Schoch R. R., Rubidge B. S. (2005) The amphibamid Micropholis from the Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone of South Africa, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25 3, 502-522
Sigurdsen T., Huttenlocker A. K., et al (2012) Reassessment of the morphology and paleobiology of the therocephalian Tetracynodon darti (Therapsida), and the phylogenetic relationships of Baurioidea, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32 5, 1113-1134
Ezcurra M. D., Butler R. J. (2015) Taxonomy of the proterosuchid archosauriforms (Diapsida: Archosauromorpha) from the earliest Triassic of South Africa, and implications for the early archosauriform radiation, Palaeontology 58 1, 141-170
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