Daptocephalus Assemblage Zone

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rdf:langString Daptocephalus Assemblage Zone

rdf:langString Balfour Formation east of 24°E

rdf:langString Upper Teekloof Formation west of 24°E

rdf:langString Beaufort Group within Adelaide Supgroup

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rdf:langString Daptocephalus leoniceps

rdf:langString Changhsingian

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rdf:langString The Daptocephalus Assemblage Zone is a tetrapod assemblage zone or biozone found in the Adelaide Subgroup of the Beaufort Group, a majorly fossiliferous and geologically important geological Group of the Karoo Supergroup in South Africa. This biozone has outcrops located in the upper Teekloof Formation west of 24°E, the majority of the Balfour Formation east of 24°E, and the Normandien Formation in the north. It has numerous localities which are spread out from Colesberg in the Northern Cape, Graaff-Reniet to Mthatha in the Eastern Cape, and from Bloemfontein to Harrismith in the Free State. The Daptocephalus Assemblage Zone is one of eight biozones found in the Beaufort Group and is considered Late Permian (Lopingian) in age. Its contact with the overlying Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone marks the Permian-Triassic boundary. Previously known as the Dicynodon Assemblage Zone, the name of the biozone refers to Daptocephalus, a medium-sized dicynodont therapsid. It is characterized by the presence of this species in co-occurrence with Theriognathus microps, and Dicynodon lacerticeps.

rdf:langString James Kitching, Bruce Rubidge, Pia Viglietti

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