Genus: Riebeeckosaurus BOONSTRA, 1952
Etymology: In honor of Jan Van Riebeeck (1619-1677), agent of the Dutch East
India Company, “who 300 hundred years ago opened the door by founding
(Cape Town) so that we could learn of the extinct Karroo Fauna.
= Avenantia BOONSTRA, 1952
Etymology: In honor of Jan Avenant, South African Fossil collector from the
Koup, who worked with Boonstra.
Species: longirostris BOONSTRA, 1952
Etymology: Latin, longirostris, "long snouted."
Holotype: SAM 3400
Locality: Near Vivier Siding, Beaufort West, Western Cape Province, South Africa.
Horizon: Middle Abrahamskraal Formation.
Biostratigraphy: Tapinocephalus zone.
Age: Early Tatarian age, Guadelupian Stage, Middle Zeichstein Epoch, Middle Permian.
Material: Fragmentary skull, fragmentary jaw and several associated unidentified bone fragments.
Referred material:
Locality: Koup, eaufort West, 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-PK-011955: Posterior portion of a skull roof.
= Avenantia kruisvleiensis BOONSTRA, 1952
Etymology: In reference to Kruisvlei, Beaufort West, Western Cape Province, South Africa.Holotype: SAM-PK-009166 ( incorrectly listed as SAM 9167, as per van den Heever & Grine, 1981)
Locality: Kruisvlei, Beaufort West, 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: Skull lacking tip of snout and lower jaw.
Referred material:
SAM-PK-009167: Scapula, ilium, and femur.