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Beaufort - Normandien - Harrismith, South Africa

Group	Beaufort
Formation	Normandien
Member	Harrismith
Age:	252 - 247 Ma Phanerozoic
Interval	Induan - Olenekian
Tectonic Setting	Foreland basin
Lithology	siliciclastic
Number of Collections	3
Number of Occurrences	45

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
New Castle of the Admiralty Estates farm	Uthukela District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa	Beaufort - Normandien - Harrismith
Harrismith Commonage	Thabo Mofutsanyane District Municipality, Free State, South Africa	Beaufort - Normandien - Harrismith
Big Bank	Thabo Mofutsanyane District Municipality, Free State, South Africa	Beaufort - Normandien - Harrismith

Associated Units

Stratigraphic Name	Age	Lithology	Occurrence Records
Beaufort	247 - 237 Ma Triassic	siliciclastic, sandstone, "shale", mudstone	712
Beaufort - Katberg	251 - 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	mudstone, quartzite, "siliciclastic", "limestone", sandstone, conglomerate, sandstone/mudstone, siltstone/sandstone	95

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Lystrosaurus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Lystrosauridae : *Lystrosaurus*	252.17 - 247.2 Ma Phanerozoic
Lystrosaurus curvatus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Cotylosauria : Lystrosauridae : Lystrosaurus : *Lystrosaurus curvatus*	252.17 - 247.2 Ma Phanerozoic
Lystrosaurus declivis species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Cotylosauria : Lystrosauridae : Lystrosaurus : *Lystrosaurus declivis*	252.17 - 247.2 Ma Phanerozoic
Lystrosaurus maccaigi species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Cotylosauria : Lystrosauridae : Lystrosaurus : *Lystrosaurus maccaigi*	252.17 - 247.2 Ma Phanerozoic
Lystrosaurus murrayi species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Cotylosauria : Lystrosauridae : Lystrosaurus : *Lystrosaurus murrayi*	252.17 - 247.2 Ma Phanerozoic
Galesaurus planiceps species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Galesauridae : Galesaurus : *Galesaurus planiceps*	252.17 - 247.2 Ma Phanerozoic
Myosaurus gracilis species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Emydopidae : Myosaurus : *Myosaurus gracilis*	252.17 - 247.2 Ma Phanerozoic
Platycraniellus elegans species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Cotylosauria : Platycraniellus : *Platycraniellus elegans*	252.17 - 247.2 Ma Phanerozoic
Thrinaxodon liorhinus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Cotylosauria : Thrinaxodon : *Thrinaxodon liorhinus*	252.17 - 247.2 Ma Phanerozoic
Micropholis stowi species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Amphibia : Amphibamidae : Micropholis : *Micropholis stowi*	252.17 - 251.2 Ma Phanerozoic
Lydekkerina sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : *Lydekkerina*	252.17 - 247.2 Ma Phanerozoic
Lydekkerina huxleyi species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Lydekkerina : *Lydekkerina huxleyi*	252.17 - 247.2 Ma Phanerozoic
Broomistega putterilli species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Rhinesuchidae : Broomistega : *Broomistega putterilli*	252.17 - 247.2 Ma Phanerozoic
Moschorhinus kitchingi species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Therocephalia : Akidnognathidae : Moschorhinus : *Moschorhinus kitchingi*	252.17 - 247.2 Ma Phanerozoic
Olivierosuchus parringtoni species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Therocephalia : Akidnognathidae : Olivierosuchus : *Olivierosuchus parringtoni*	252.17 - 247.2 Ma Phanerozoic
Ericiolacerta parva species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Therocephalia : Ericiolacertidae : Ericiolacerta : *Ericiolacerta parva*	252.17 - 247.2 Ma Phanerozoic
Tetracynodon darti species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Therocephalia : Lycideopidae : Tetracynodon : *Tetracynodon darti*	252.17 - 247.2 Ma Phanerozoic
Scaloposaurus constrictus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Scaloposaurus : *Scaloposaurus constrictus*	252.17 - 247.2 Ma Phanerozoic
Scaloposaurus hoffmanni species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Therocephalia : Scaloposauridae : Scaloposaurus : *Scaloposaurus hoffmanni*	252.17 - 247.2 Ma Phanerozoic
Aenigmasaurus grallator species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Aenigmasaurus : *Aenigmasaurus grallator*	252.17 - 247.2 Ma Phanerozoic
Archosauriformes unranked clade	99	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Archosauriformes	252.17 - 247.2 Ma Phanerozoic
Prolacerta broomi species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Prolacertidae : Prolacerta : *Prolacerta broomi*	252.17 - 247.2 Ma Phanerozoic
Proterosuchus fergusi species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Proterosuchidae : Proterosuchus : *Proterosuchus fergusi*	252.17 - 247.2 Ma Phanerozoic
Procolophon trigoniceps species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Procolophonidae : Procolophon : *Procolophon trigoniceps*	252.17 - 247.2 Ma Phanerozoic

References

Van Hoepen E. C. N. (1915) Contributions to the knowledge of the reptiles of the Karroo Formation. 3. The skull and other remains of Lystrosaurus putterilli, n. sp, Annals of the Transvaal Museum 5, 214-216

Van Hoepen E. C. N. (1916) Preliminary description of some new lystrosauri, Annals of the Transvaal Museum 5, 214-216

Haughton S. H. (1924) On a new type of thecodont from the middle Beaufort Beds, Annals of the Transvaal Museum 11 1, 93-97

Broom R. (1930) Notes on some labyrinthodonts in the Transvaal Museum, Annals of the Transvaal Museum 14, 1-10

Broom R. (1937) A further contribution to our knowledge of the fossil reptiles of the Karroo, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 107 3, 299-318

Parrington F. R. (1948) Labyrinthodonts from South Africa, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 118, 426-445

Crompton A. W. (1955) V Scaloposaurus hoffmanni sp. nov., Navorsinge van die Nasionale Museum [Researches of the National Museum] 1 7, 172-176

Brink A. S. (1959) Note on a new skeleton of Thrinaxodon liorhinus, Palaeontologia africana 6, 15-22

Sigogneau D. (1963) Note sur une novelle espece de Scaloposauridae, Palaeontologia Africana 8, 13-36

Brink A. S. (1965) A new ictidosuchid (Scaloposauria) from the Lystrosaurus-zone, Palaeontologia Africana 9, 129-138

Cluver M. A. (1974) The cranial morphology of the Lower Triassic dicynodont Myosaurus gracilis, Annals of the South African Museum 66, 35-54

Kitching J. W. (1977) The distribution of the Karroo vertebrate fauna, Memoirs of the Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Research 1, 1-131

Colbert E. H., Kitching J. W. (1977) Triassic Cynodont Reptiles From Antarctica, American Museum Novitates 2611, 1-30

Cosgriff J. W., Hammer W. R., et al (1982) The Pangaean reptile, Lystrosaurus maccaigi, in the Lower Triassic of Antarctica, Journal of Paleontology 56 2, 371-385

Shishkin M. A., Rubidge B. S. (2000) A relict rhinesuchid (Amphibia: Temnospondyli) from the Lower Triassic of South Africa, Palaeontology 43 4, 653-670

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

Abdala F. (2007) Redescription of Platycraniellus elegans (Therapsida, Cynodontia) from the Lower Triassic, Palaeontology 50, 591-618

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

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