South Africa

Palaeocritti lists for South Africa:

• outside specific lists:
  • Anomocephalus (Therapsid, Tapinoceph. zone, Mi. Perm. [Capit.])
  • Anteosaurus (Therapsid, Tapinoceph. zone, Mi. Perm. [Capit.])
  • Antetonitrus (Sauropod, Lo. Elliot Fm, Up. Trias. [Nor.])
  • Australosyodon (Therapsid, Eodicynodon-Tapinoceph zone, Mi Perm. [Wod.-Capit.])
  • Bradysaurus (Pareiasaur, Tapinoc. zone, Mi. Perm. [Capit.])
  • Bullacephalus (Therapsid, Tapinoceph. zone, Mi. Perm. [Capit.])
  • Burnetia (Therapsid, Dicynodon zone, Up. Perm. [Wuch.-Changh.])
  • Delphinognathus (Therapsid, Tapinoceph. zone, Mi. Perm. [Capit.])
  • Embrithosaurus (Pareiasaur, Tapinoc. zone, Mi. Perm. [Capit.])
  • Eoarctops (Therapsid, Tapinoceph. zone, Mi. Perm. [Capit.])
  • Eocursor (Dinosaur, Lower Elliot Fm., Up. Trias. [Nor.])
  • Eunotosaurus (Anapsid, Tapinoc. -Pristerogn. zone, Mi. Perm. [Capit.])
  • Glanosuchus (Therapsid, Eodicyn. zone, Mi. Perm. [Word.])
  • Heleosaurus (Pelycosaur, Abrahamskraal Fm, Mi. Perm. [Capit.])
  • Hipposaurus (Therapsid, Tapinoc. zone, Mi. Perm. [Capit.])
  • Ictidorhinus (Therapsid, Dicynodon zone, Up. Perm. [Wuch-Changh.])
  • Keratocephalus (Therapsid, Tapinoceph. zone, Mi. Perm. [Capit.])
  • Melanorosaurus (Sauropod., Lo. Elliott Fm., Up. Trias. [Late Carn-Nor.])
  • Mesosaurus (Mesosaur, Whitehill Fm, Lo. Perm [Sakm.])
  • Mormosaurus (Therapsid, Tapinoc. zone, Mi. Perm. [Capit.])
  • Moschops (Therapsid, Tapinoc. zone, Mi. Perm. [Capit.])
  • Nochelesaurus (Pareiasaur, Tapinoc. zone, Mi. Perm. [Capit.])
  • Pachydectes (Therapsid, Tapinoceph. zone, Mi. Perm. [Capit.])
  • Pareiasaurus (Pareiasaur, Daptoceph. zone, Up. Perm. [Wuch.])
  • Patranomodon (Therapsid, Eodicyn. zone, Mi. Perm. [Word.])
  • Procolophon (Procoloph., Lystrosaurus zone, Lo. Tr. [Ind.])
  • Procynosuchus (Therapsid, Dicyn. a. z., Up. Perm. [Wuch.])
  • Riebeeckosaurus (Therapsid, Tapinoceph. zone, Mi. Perm. [Capit.])
  • Sauropareion (Procolophonid, Lystros. zone, Lo. Trias. [Ind.])
  • Struthiocephalus (Therapsid, Tapinoceph. zone, Mi. Perm. [Capit.])
  • Styracocephalus (Therapsid, Tapinoceph. zone, Mi. Perm. [Capit.])
  • Tapinocaninus (Therapsid, Eodicynodon zone, Mi. Perm. [Word.])
  • Tapinocephalus (Therapsid, Tapinoceph. zone, Mi. Perm. [Capit.])
  • Titanosuchus (Therapsid, Tapinoceph. zone, Mi. Perm. [Capit.])
• South Africa, Upper Permian
  • Heleosuchus griesbachii (Eosuchia Younginidae)
• Tropidostoma assemblage zone, South Africa, Upper Permian (Wuchiapingian)
  • Saurorictus australia (Eureptilia Captorhinidae)
  • Youngina capensis (Eosuchia Younginidae)
  • Lobalopex mordax (Therapsida Biarmosuchia Burnetiamorpha)
  • Lophorhinus willodenensis (Therapsida Biarmosuchia Burnetiamorpha)
  • Charassognathus gracilis (Therapsida Cynodontia)
  • Gorgonops torvus (Therapsida Gorgonopsia Gorgonopsidae)
• Cistecephalus assemblage zone, South Africa, Upper Permian (Wuchiapingian)
  • Herpetoskylax hopsoni (Therapsid Biarmosuchia Ictidorhinidae)
  • Lemurosaurus pricei (Therapsid Biarmosuchia Burnetiamorpha)
  • Paraburnetia sneeubergensis (Therapsid Biarmosuchia Burnetiamorpha Burnetiidae)
  • Aelurognathus tigriceps (Therapsid Gorgonopsida Gorgonopsidae)
  • Aelurosaurus felinus (Therapsid Gorgonopsida Gorgonopsidae)
  • Aloposaurus gracilis (Therapsid Gorgonopsida Gorgonopsidae)
  • Arctognathus curvimola (Therapsid Gorgonopsida Gorgonopsidae)
  • Arctognathus breviceps (Therapsid Gorgonopsida Gorgonopsidae)
  • Arctops willistoni (Therapsid Gorgonopsida Gorgonopsidae)
  • Scylacognathus parvus (Therapsid Gorgonopsida Gorgonopsidae)
  • Clelandina rubidgei (Therapsid Gorgonopsida Gorgonopsidae)
  • Clelandina scheepersi (Therapsid Gorgonopsida Gorgonopsidae Rubidgeinae)
  • Broomicephalus laticeps (Therapsid Gorgonopsida Gorgonopsidae Rubidgeinae)
  • Cyonosaurus longiceps (Therapsid Gorgonopsida)
  • Dinogorgon rubidgei (Therapsid Gorgonopsida Gorgonopsidae Rubidgeinae) [& D. quinquemolaris & D. pricei]
  • Rubidgea atrox (Therapsid Gorgonopsida Gorgonopsidae Rubidgeinae)
  • Gorgonops torvus (Therapsid Gorgonopsida Gorgonopsidae)
  • Lycaenops ornatus (Therapsid Gorgonopsida Gorgonopsidae)
  • Lycaenops angusticeps (Therapsid Gorgonopsida Gorgonopsidae)
  • Sycosaurus laticeps (Therapsid Gorgonopsida Gorgonopsidae Rubidgeinae)
  • Sycosaurus kingoriensis (Therapsid Gorgonopsida Gorgonopsidae Rubidgeinae) Tanzania
  • Sycosaurus terror (Therapsid Gorgonopsida Gorgonopsidae Rubidgeinae)
  • Kingoria nowacki (Therapsid Dicynodonta Diictodonta Kingoriidae) Tanzania
  • Milleretta rubidgei (Parareptilia Millerettidae)
  • Owenetta rubidgei (Procolophonid Owenettidae)
  • Anthodon serrarius (Pareiasauria)
  • Pareiasuchus nasicornis (Pareiasauria)
  • Pareiasuchus peringueyi (Pareiasauria)
  • Pumiliopareia pricei (Pareiasauria)
  • Galesphyrus capensis (Eosuchia)
• Katberg Formation, South Africa, Early Triassic (Induan)
  • Noteosuchus colletti (Eosuchia)
• Lower Elliot Formation, Stormberg Group, South Africa & Lesotho, Upper Triassic (Late Carnian-Early Norian)
  • Eucnemesaurus fortis (Prosauropoda Riojasauridae)
  • Euskelosaurus browni (Prosauropoda Plateosauridae)
• Upper Elliot Formation, South Africa, Lower Jurassic (Hettangian-Sinemurian)
  • Litargosuchus leptorhynchus (Crocodylomorpha Sphenosuchia Sphenosuchidae)
  • Sphenosuchus acutus (Crocodylomorpha Sphenosuchia Sphenosuchidae)
  • Erythrochampsa longipes (Crocodylomorpha Protosuchia Protosuchidae)
  • Notochampsa istedana (Crocodylomorpha Protosuchia Protosuchidae)
  • Protosuchus haughtoni (Crocodylomorpha Protosuchia Protosuchidae)
  • Abrictosaurus consors (Ornithischia Heterodontosauridae)
  • Heterodontosaurus tucki (Ornithischia Heterodontosauridae)
  • Lesothosaurus diagnosticus (Ornithischia Lesothosauridae)
  • Massospondylus carinatus (Prosauropoda Massospondylidae)
  • Gyposaurus capensis (Prosauropoda?)
  • Aardonyx celestae (Sauropoda Anchisauria)
  • Megapnosaurus rhodesiensis (Theropoda Coelophysoidea Coelophysiidae)
  • Dracovenator regenti (Theropoda Dilophosauridae)
• Kirkwood Formation, South Africa, Lower Cretaceous (Berriasian or Valanginian)
  • Paranthodon africanus (Ornithischia Stegosauria Stegosauridae)
  • Nqwebasaurus thwazi (Theropoda Compsognathidae)
• Makapansgat (Members 3,4) South Africa, Pliocene (3.7 - 2.5 million years ago)
  • Xenohystrix crassidens (Mammalia, Rodentia, Ctenohystrica, Hystricognathi, Hystricidae