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Droogvoets farm, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Lat/Long (Decimal) | -31.888,21.478 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | estimated from map |
Given Location | Northern Cape, South Africa |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Droogvoets farm, Fraserburg, Lower Beaufort | Gardiner B. G. (1962) | Beaufort | Lower Beaufort member Direct date for the Tropidostoma Assemblage Zone from Rubidge et al., 2013 | "shale" | 259.9 - 254.17 Ma Permian |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Elonichthys whaitsi species | Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Palaeonisciformes : Elonichthyidae : Elonichthys : Elonichthys whaitsi | 259.9 - 254.17 Ma Permian |
Tropidostoma dubium species | Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Cotylosauria : Oudenodontidae : Tropidostoma : Tropidostoma dubium | 259.9 - 254.17 Ma Permian |
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!