Hobbs Hill: Olenekian, South Africa
collected by J. W. Kitching 1952, 1966
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Procolophonia
- Procolophonidae
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Procolophon trigoniceps
Owen 1876
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reptile |
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| "several specimens", no further details given | ||||||||||
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Kitchingnathus untabeni n. gen., n. sp.
Cisneros 2008
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1 individual | reptile |
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| BP/1/1187 (type; figured by Gow, 1977, Palaeontology 20(3) fig. 6, as Procolophon trigoniceps) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | South Africa | State/province: | Eastern Cape | County: | Amatole |
| Coordinates: | 32.3° South, 27.1° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 67.8° South, 17.6° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Early/Lower Triassic |
| Stage: | Olenekian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 1 |
| Key time interval: | Olenekian | Zone: | Lystrosaurus Assemblage, Procolophon subzone |
| Age range of interval: | 249.7 - 245.0 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Beaufort | Formation: | Katberg | ||
| Stratigraphy comments: "middle-upper Katberg Formation, Beaufort Group, Karoo Supergroup, uppermost
Lystrosaurus AZ (Kitching, 1977), late Early Triassic (Olenekian). [...] Kitchingnathus untabeni was most likely collected in the middle or upper horizons of the Katberg Formation, a stratigraphic assessment that is consistent with the presence of the index genus Procolophon at the locality. The occurrence of Procolophon in South Africa is restricted to the interval between the middle part of the Katberg Formation and the lowermost Burgersdorp Formation (Neveling, 2004; Smith and Botha, 2005; Botha and Smith, 2006)." (Cisneros, 2008). | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | red sandstone | ||
| Lithology description: "bright red sandstone" (Cisneros, 2008) | |||
| Environment: | fluvial indet. | Tectonic setting: | foreland basin |
| Geology comments: "It [the Katberg Formation] was deposited under arid climatic conditions within the more distal parts of a sandy, bedload-dominated, ephemeral braided stream complex draining a source area composed predominantly of granitic, metamorphic and alkaline volcanic rocks (Hiller and Stavrakis, 1984; Smith, 1995)." (Catuneanu et al., 2005, J. African Earth Sci. 43) | |||
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,mold/impression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Associated major elements: | many |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | BPI | ||
| Collectors: | J. W. Kitching | Collection dates: | 1952, 1966 |
| Collection method comments: "Besides the holotype of Kitchingnathus untabeni, the locality Hobbs Hill has yielded several Procolophon trigoniceps specimens collected during field trips led by James W. Kitching in 1952 and 1966." (Cisneros, 2008). | |||
Metadata
| Also known as: | Windvogelsberg, Windvoëlberg, Cathcart | ||
| Database number: | 92309 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Mueller | Enterer: | T. Liebrecht |
| Modifier: | T. Liebrecht | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-11-05 10:34:27 | Last modified: | 2009-11-05 14:24:18 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2012-11-05 10:34:27 |
Reference information
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