The oldest Procolophonoid (Amniota: Parareptilia) - New discovery from the lower Beaufort of South Africa.
Date
1997
Authors
Gow, Chris E.
Rubidge, Bruce S.
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Publisher
Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Research
Abstract
Until now the earliest recognised procolophonoid (sensu Laurin & Reisz 1995) reptile has been
Owenetta, which ranges from the Cistecephalus assemblage zone (Upper Permian) to the
Lystrosaurus assemblage zone (Lower Triassic) of the Beaufort Group of South Africa. This
paper records the presence of a new even older form from low in the underlying Tapinocephalus
assemblage zone.
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Keywords
Anapsida, Procolophonoidea, Procolophonidae, parareptiles.
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