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Beaufort - Teekloof - Poortjie, South Africa

GroupBeaufort
FormationTeekloof
MemberPoortjie
Age:265 - 260 Ma
Permian
IntervalCapitanian
Lithologysiltstone
Number of Collections2
Number of Occurrences12

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Brak Leegte 297Central Karoo District Municipality, Western Cape, South AfricaBeaufort - Teekloof - Poortjie
Amandelboom farmNamakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South AfricaBeaufort - Teekloof - Poortjie

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Endothiodon bathystoma
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Cotylosauria : Endothiodon : Endothiodon bathystoma265.1 - 259.9 Ma
Permian
Pristerodon mackayi
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Cotylosauria : Pristerodon : Pristerodon mackayi265.1 - 259.9 Ma
Permian
Tropidostoma dubium
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Cotylosauria : Oudenodontidae : Tropidostoma : Tropidostoma dubium265.1 - 259.9 Ma
Permian
Diictodon feliceps
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Cotylosauria : Pylaecephalidae : Diictodon : Diictodon feliceps265.1 - 259.9 Ma
Permian
Rhinesuchidae
family
5Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Rhinesuchidae265.1 - 259.9 Ma
Permian
Rhinesuchus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Rhinesuchidae : Rhinesuchus265.1 - 259.9 Ma
Permian
Gorgonops torvus
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Gorgonopsidae : Gorgonops : Gorgonops torvus265.1 - 259.9 Ma
Permian
Eriphostoma microdon
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eriphostoma : Eriphostoma microdon265.1 - 259.9 Ma
Permian
Pareiasauria
unranked clade
99Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Pareiasauria265.1 - 259.9 Ma
Permian
Pareiasaurus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Pareiasauridae : Pareiasaurus265.1 - 259.9 Ma
Permian
Pareiasuchus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Pareiasuchus265.1 - 259.9 Ma
Permian

References

McHugh J. B. (2014) Paleohistology and histovariability of the Permian stereospondyl Rhinesuchus, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34 1, 59-68 doi:10.1080/02724634.2013.787429
Kammerer C. F., Smith R. M. H., et al (2015) New information on the morphology and stratigraphic range of the midPermian gorgonopsian Eriphostoma microdon Broom, 1911, Papers in Palaeontology doi:10.1002/spp2.1012
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!
 
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