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    The Triassic reptile Palacrodon browni Broom, synonymy and a new specimen
    (Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Research, 1999) Gow, Chris E
    Palacrodon browni Broom 1906 (=Fremouwsaurus geludens Gow 1992) is a small enigmatic diapsid reptile from the Cynognathus Assemblage Zone of South Africa and Antarctica whose dentition is very similar to that of coeval procolophonids.
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    A new find of Trematosuchus (Amphibia, Temnospondyli) from the Cynognathus Zone of South Africa
    (Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Research, 1994) Shishkin, Michael A; Welman, Johann
    Some aspects of the cranial morphology of Trematosuchus sobeyi, a temnospondylous Trematosaurid amphibian from the South African Cynognathus Zone, are described in detail for the first time from a new fossil find referred to this form. The new specimen is similar in size to that of the holotype of Trematosuchus sobeyi but differs in the more moderate elongation of the snout. Apart from the presence of the septomaxilla, the validity of the genus Trematosuchus is reconfirmed inter alia by its much larger size and the position of the supraorbital sensory groove alongside the lachrymal margin rather than crossing this bone. This last characteristic differentiates Trematosuchus from all other trematosauroids. T. Sobeyi is of particular importance since it represents the only purely freshwater Gondwanan form closely comparable to the European Trematosaurus. The presence of T. Sobeyi in the lowermost strata of the Cynognathus Zone in South Africa, in association with some other forms related to the Upper Olenekian (Middle Buntsandstein) tetrapod assemblage of Europe, indicates that these strata belong to the Scythian in contrast to the higher strata of the Cynognathus Zone which are Anisian.