Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone
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Stratigraphy of the Karoo Supergroup in the Karoo Basin | ||||
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Period | Group | Formation west of 24°E | Formation east of 24°E | Assemblage Zone |
Jurassic | Drakensberg | Hiatus | Drakensberg | |
Stormberg | Clarens | |||
Triassic | Elliot | |||
Molteno | ||||
Beaufort | ||||
Burgersdorp | Cynognathus | |||
Katberg | Lystrosaurus | |||
Balfour | ||||
Permian | Dicynodon | |||
Teekloof | ||||
Cistecephalus | ||||
Middleton | ||||
Tropidostoma | ||||
Pristerognathus | ||||
Abrahams-Kraal | Koonap | |||
Tapinocephalus | ||||
Eodicynodon | ||||
Ecca | Waterford | Waterford | ||
Tierberg / Fort Brown | Fort Brown | |||
Laingsburg / Ripon | Ripon | |||
Collingham | Collingham | |||
White Hill | White Hill | |||
Prince Albert | Prince Albert | |||
Carboniferous | Dwyka | Elandsvlei | Elandsvlei | |
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The Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone is a geological stratum and a faunal zone of the Beaufort Group, of the South African Karoo. The name refers to Cistecephalus, a genus of small burrowing, mole-like dicynodont, whose fossils have been found in that structure.
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Paleobiota
Synapsids
†Anomodonts
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Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; |
Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
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Cistecephalus | C. microrhinus | A Cistecephalid Dicynodont |
†Biarmosuchians
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Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; |
Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
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Herpetoskylax | H. hopsoni | A basal Biarmosuchian | ||||
Lemurosaurus | L. pricei | A Burnetiamorph | ||||
Paraburnetia | P. sneeubergensis | A Burnetiamorph |
†Gorgonopsians
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Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; |
Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
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Aelurognathus | A. tigriceps | A Gorgonopsid | ||||
Aelurosaurus | A. felinus | A basal Gorgonopsian | ||||
Aloposaurus | A. gracilis | A basal Gorgonopsian | ||||
Arctognathus | A. curvimola
A. breviceps |
A Gorgonopsid | ||||
Arctops | A. willistoni | A Gorgonopsid | ||||
Broomicephalus | B. laticeps | A Gorgonopsid | ||||
Clelandina | C. rubidgei
C. scheepersi |
A Gorgonopsid | ||||
Cyonosaurus | C. longiceps | A basal Gorgonopsian | ||||
Dinogorgon | D. rubidgei | A Gorgonopsid | ||||
Gorgonops | G. torvus
G. whaitsi G. longifrons |
A Gorgonopsid | ||||
Lycaenops | Lycaenops ornatus
Lycaenops angusticeps |
A Gorgonopsid | ||||
Rubidgea | R. atrox | A Gorgonopsid | ||||
Scylacognathus | S. parvus | A Gorgonopsid | ||||
Sycosaurus | S. laticeps | A Gorgonopsid |
Sauropsids
†Eosuchians
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Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; |
Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
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Galesphyrus | G. capensis | A Galesphyrid Eosuchian |
†Millerosaurs
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Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; |
Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
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Milleretta | M. rubidgei | A Millerettid Millerosaur |
Procolophonomorphs
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Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; |
Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
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Anthodon | A. serrarius | A Pumiliopareiasaurian Pareiasaur | ||||
Owenetta | O. rubidgei | An Owenettid | ||||
P. nasicornis P. peringueyi |
Jr. synonym of Pareiasaurus |
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Pumiliopareia | P. pricei | A Pumiliopareiasaurian Pareiasaur |
References
External links
- South Africa at Palaeocritti
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