Species: priscus BROOM, 1909
Etymology: Latin, priscus, "ancient."
Holotype: SAM-PK-915
Locality: Sandvlakte, Prince Albert, Western Cape Province, South Africa.
Horizon:
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Late Permian.
Note: Originally described as coming from the Ecca series; there is, however,
a possibility that it came from the Tapinocephalus zone, Late Permian.
Material: Humerus, 2 imperfect femora, fibula, distal end of tibia, occipital fragment, tooth, nine weathered vertebrae, rib fragments, nine additional badly preserved fragments.
Referred material:
BOONSTRA, 1955
Locality: Dikbome, Laingsburg, Western Cape Province, South Africa.
Horizon: Middle Abrahamskraal Formation.
Biostratigraphy: Lower Tapinocephalus zone.
Age: Early Tatarian age, Guadelupian Stage, Middle Zeichstein Epoch, Middle Permian.
Material:
SAM 11597: Part of the right coracoscapula, incomplete humerus and ulna.
BROOM, 1912
Locality: Near Prince, Prince Albert District, South Africa.
Horizon: Middle Abrahamskraal Formation.
Biostratigraphy: Lower Tapinocephalus zone.
Age: Early Tatarian age, Guadelupian Stage, Middle Zeichstein Epoch, Middle Permian.
Material:
AMNH 5625: An isolated tooth.