Genus: Thelerpeton MODESTO & DAMIANI, 2003
Etymology: Greek, thele, "nipple" and Greek, herpeton, "creeper or crawler";
inspired by Broom's 1905 nomen Thelegnathus, which means 'nipple jaw'.
Species: oppressus (GOW,
1977) MODESTO & DAMIANI, 2003
= Thelegnathus oppressus GOW, 1977
Etymology:
Latin, oppressus, “suppressed; surprised, captured; crushed.”
Holotype: BP 155
Locality: The farm Hugoskop, Rouxville District, Free (Orange Freee) State, South Africa.
Horizon: Burgersdorp Formation, Tarkastad Subgroup.
Biostratigraphy: Cynognathus zone.
Age: Spathian Stage, uppermost Scythian Epoch to Anisian Stage, lowermost Mid Triassic Epoch, Early to Middle Triassic.
Material: Nearly complete skull.
Paratypes:
BP 4586: Small skull.
BP 4584: Fragmentary skull.