Genus: Eodicynodon BARRY, 1974
Etymology: Greek, eos, “dawn”, and Dicynodon: Dawn dicynodont.

Species: oosthuizeni BARRY, 1974
Etymology:

Holotype: ROZ 1 (private collection of Roy Oosthuizen)

Locality: Farm Zwartskraal near Prince Albert, Western Cape Province, South Africa.

Horizon: Lowermost portion of the Abrahamskraal Formation, base of the Beaufort Group and directly overlies the Waterford Formation, Ecca Group.

Biostratigraphy: Eodicynodon-Tapiocanius Assemblage Zone.

Age: Kazanian substage, Capitanian Stage, Middle Zechstein Epoch, Late Middle Permian.

Material: Skull missing anterior tip.

Referred material:

ROZ 5, 11: Fragmentary skulls.

ROZ 7: 3 cranial fragments.

ROZ 9: Fragmentary skull and dentary.

 


Locality: Near Prince Albert, Western Cape Province, South Africa.

Horizon: Lowermost portion of the Abrahamskraal Formation, base of the Beaufort Group and directly overlies the Waterford Formation, Ecca Group.

Biostratigraphy: Eodicynodon-Tapiocanius Assemblage Zone.

Age: Kazanian substage, Capitanian Stage, Middle Zechstein Epoch, Late Middle Permian.

Material:

NMQR 2902: Skull missing anterior tip.

NMQR 2903, 2904, 2905, 2907: Fragmentary skulls.

NMQR 2906: Fragmentary skull and dentary.

 

JINNAH & RUBIDGE, 2007

Locality: Farm Bloukrans, nearr Prince Albert Road, Western Cape Province, South Africa.

Horizon: Lowermost portion of the Abrahamskraal Formation, base of the Beaufort Group and directly overlies the Waterford Formation, Ecca Group.

Biostratigraphy: Eodicynodon-Tapiocanius Assemblage Zone.

Age: Kazanian substage, Capitanian Stage, Middle Zechstein Epoch, Late Middle Permian.

Material:

BP/1/620: Skull, dentary and a humerus.

Note: Double canines or tusks, a pathology.


RUBIDGE, 1985

Locality: Farm Botterkraal (Map South Africa 1:50 000, sheet 3322 AB Botterkraal, 1st edition) Prince Albert District, Western Cape Province, South Africa.

Horizon: Lowermost portion of the Abrahamskraal Formation, base of the Beaufort Group and directly overlies the Waterford Formation, Ecca Group.

Biostratigraphy: Eodicynodon-Tapiocanius Assemblage Zone.

Age: Kazanian substage, Capitanian Stage, Middle Zechstein Epoch, Late Middle Permian.

Material:

NMQR 2909: Snout.

 

 

RUBIDGE, KING & HANCOX, 1994

Locality: Modderdrift, Prince Albert, Western Cape Province, South Africa.

Horizon: Lowermost portion of the Abrahamskraal Formation, base of the Beaufort Group and directly overlies the Waterford Formation, Ecca Group.

Biostratigraphy: Eodicynodon-Tapiocanius Assemblage Zone.

Age: Kazanian substage, Capitanian Stage, Middle Zechstein Epoch, Late Middle Permian.

Material:

NMQR 2991: Coracoid plate, humeri, femora, tibia, fibula, atlas and other vertebrae, ribs.

NMQR 3153: Scapula, part of coracoid, humerus, radius, part of manus, femur, tibiae, fibulae, vertebrae and ribs.

 


Locality: Tuinkraal, Prince Albert, Western Cape Province, South Africa.

Horizon: Lowermost portion of the Abrahamskraal Formation, base of the Beaufort Group and directly overlies the Waterford Formation, Ecca Group.

Biostratigraphy: Eodicynodon-Tapiocanius Assemblage Zone.

Age: Kazanian substage, Capitanian Stage, Middle Zechstein Epoch, Late Middle Permian.

Material:

NMQR 2992: Skull, lower jaw, scapulocoracoid, clavicles, interclavicle, radius, atlas-axis complex, vertebrae and ribs.

 


Locality: Botterkraal, Prince Albert, Western Cape Province, South Africa.

Horizon: Lowermost portion of the Abrahamskraal Formation, base of the Beaufort Group and directly overlies the Waterford Formation, Ecca Group.

Biostratigraphy: Eodicynodon-Tapiocanius Assemblage Zone.

Age: Kazanian substage, Capitanian Stage, Middle Zechstein Epoch, Late Middle Permian.

Material:

NMQR 3154: Occiput, left ramus of lower jaw, scapulae, clavicles, humeri, radii, ulnae, manus, vertebrae and ribs.

NMQR 3156: Most of left manus.

 

 

Locality: Combrinckskraal, Prince Albert, Western Cape Province, South Africa.

Horizon: Lowermost portion of the Abrahamskraal Formation, base of the Beaufort Group and directly overlies the Waterford Formation, Ecca Group.

Biostratigraphy: Eodicynodon-Tapiocanius Assemblage Zone.

Age: Kazanian substage, Capitanian Stage, Middle Zechstein Epoch, Late Middle Permian.

Material:

NMQR 3155: Ilia, pubo-ischiadic plates, femur, tibiae, fibulae, pes, vertebrae and ribs.

 

 

Locality: Swartgrond, Rietbron, Western Cape Province, South Africa.

Horizon: Lowermost portion of the Abrahamskraal Formation, base of the Beaufort Group and directly overlies the Waterford Formation, Ecca Group.

Biostratigraphy: Eodicynodon-Tapiocanius Assemblage Zone.

Age: Kazanian substage, Capitanian Stage, Middle Zechstein Epoch, Late Middle Permian.

Material:

NMQR 3158: Posterior half of skull, scapula, humerus, radius, ulna and manus.


SURKOV & BENTON, 2004

Locality: Western Cape Province, South Africa.

Horizon: Lowermost portion of the Abrahamskraal Formation, base of the Beaufort Group and directly overlies the Waterford Formation, Ecca Group.

Biostratigraphy: Eodicynodon-Tapiocanius Assemblage Zone.

Age: Kazanian substage, Capitanian Stage, Middle Zechstein Epoch, Late Middle Permian.

Material:

SAM-PK-10019, -11879, -17569 (Oosthuizen collection): Skulls.

SAM-PK-17574 (Oosthuizen collection): Basipterygoid articulation and braincase.

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