Genus: Galesaurus OWEN, 1859
Etymology: Greek, gale, “weasel” and Greek, sauros, “lizard”: Weasel lizard.
= Glochinodon HOEPEN, 1916
Etymology: Greek, glokhinos, “arrow point" and Greek, odon, “tooth”: Arrow-point tooth.
= Glochinodontoides HAUGHTON, 1924
Etymology: Glochinodon and Latin, oides, "like, similar to": “Glochinodon-like one”.
= Nanictosaurus BROOM, 1936
Etymology: Greek, nanos, “pigmy, dwarf”, Greek, iktis, “ferret” and Greek, sauros, “lizard”: Pigmy ferret lizard.

Species: planiceps OWEN, 1859
Etymology:

Holotype: BMNH 36220

Locality: "The Rhenosterberg", South Africa.

Horizon: Katberg Formation, Beaufort Group.

Biostratigraphy: Lystrosaurus Assemblage zone (Lystrosaurus-Thrinaxodon zone, KEYSER, 1979, SACS, 1980, Procolophon zone, Lystrosaurus zone, WATSON, 1914, BROOM, 1906).

Age: Early Scythian Epoch, Early Triassic.

Material: Fragmentary skull.

Referred material:

JENKINS, 1971

UMC R2721: Fragmentary skeleton.

 

BUTLER, ABDALA & BOTHA-GRINK, 2019, JASINOSKI, & ABDALA, 2017

Locality: Farm Fairydale, Bethulie District, Free State, South Africa.

Horizon: Katberg Formation, Beaufort Group.

Biostratigraphy: Lystrosaurus Assemblage zone (Lystrosaurus-Thrinaxodon zone, KEYSER, 1979, SACS, 1980, Procolophon zone, Lystrosaurus zone, WATSON, 1914, BROOM, 1906).

Age: Early Scythian Epoch, Early Triassic.

Material:

NMQR 3716: Consists of five blocks that contain at least three individuals.

Block one: Poorly preserved posterior skull and posterior left mandible, articulated cervical, thoracic and lumbar vertebrae, left ilium, femur, tibia, fibula an dpartial left pes.

Block two: Skull without skull roof, axis, atlas, and cervicals.

Block three: Articulated thoracic vertebrae adn ribs, right scapula and humerus, left partial distal humerus:

Block four: Lumbar vertebrae, ilia, and left femur.

Block five: Poorly preserved skull wihtout mandible and skull roof.

3716B: Articulated skeleton.  skull.

BP/1/4506: Skull and artiulated left humerus, radius, ulna, manus and scapula, vertebrae, ribs, parts of the pelvic girdle, femora, tibiae, fibulae, and left and right pes.

BP/1/5064: Skull and several postcranial fragments, including vertebrae, parts of manus or pes.

NMQR 3542: Skull and disarticulated left scapula, vertebrae, ribs, femora, humeri, radii, left ulna, left tibia and fibula, part of pelvis and portions of the manus or pes.

RC 945: Skull and almost complete articualted postcranial skeleton excluding the radii, ulnae, left femur, left tibia, left fibula, mandus and pes.

SAM-PK-K10465: Skull and complete articulated postcranial skeleton with disloged caudal vertebrae.

SAM-PK-K10468: Skull and disarticulated postcranial skeleton, including scapulae, complete right and partial left humeri, vertebrae, clavicles, partial interclavicle, complete right radius and partial right ulna and left manus.

RIGNEY, 1938, OLSON, 1944

Walker Museum 1563: Skull.

 

Locality: Farm Draycot, Escourt District, Free State, South Africa.

Horizon: Katberg Formation, Beaufort Group.

Biostratigraphy: Lystrosaurus Assemblage zone (Lystrosaurus-Thrinaxodon zone, KEYSER, 1979, SACS, 1980, Procolophon zone, Lystrosaurus zone, WATSON, 1914, BROOM, 1906).

Age: Early Scythian Epoch, Early Triassic.

Material:

BP/1/4714: Skull and several postcranial fragments including right scapula, coracoid fragment, interclavicle, vertebrae, ribs and partial left humerus.

 

Locality: Oviston area, Venterstad District, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.

Horizon: Katberg Formation, Beaufort Group.

Biostratigraphy: Lystrosaurus Assemblage zone (Lystrosaurus-Thrinaxodon zone, KEYSER, 1979, SACS, 1980, Procolophon zone, Lystrosaurus zone, WATSON, 1914, BROOM, 1906).

Age: Early Scythian Epoch, Early Triassic.

Material:

NMQR 135: An almost complete large skull, another partial large skull and another two partial smaller skulls. Fragmentary postcrania, including a disarticualted scapulocoracoid and complete humerus.

 

Locality: Riepoort Farm, Dewetsdorp District, Free State, South Africa.

Horizon: Katberg Formation, Beaufort Group.

Biostratigraphy: Lystrosaurus Assemblage zone (Lystrosaurus-Thrinaxodon zone, KEYSER, 1979, SACS, 1980, Procolophon zone, Lystrosaurus zone, WATSON, 1914, BROOM, 1906).

Age: Early Scythian Epoch, Early Triassic.

Material:

NMQR 3340: Skull and parital limb bone.

 

GAETANO & ABDALA, 2021

Locality: Donald 207, Bethulie, Free State, South Africa.

Horizon: ?

Biostratigraphy: Lower Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone.

Age: Early Scythian Epoch, Early Triassic.

Material:

BP/1/4597: Fragmentary skull.

 

Locality: Donald 207, Bethulie, Free State, South Africa.

Horizon: Lower Katberg Formation.

Biostratigraphy: Lower Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone.

Age: Early Scythian Epoch, Early Triassic.

Material:

RC 845: Fragmentary skull.

 

Locality: Unknown, Bethulie, Free State, South Africa.

Horizon: Unknown.

Biostratigraphy: Lower Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone.

Age: Early Scythian Epoch, Early Triassic.

Material:

NMQR 1451: Fragmentary skull.

 

Locality: Harrismith, Free (Orange Free) State, South Africa.

Horizon: Harrismith Member, Normandien Formation.

Biostratigraphy: Lystrosaurus Assemblage zone (Lystrosaurus-Thrinaxodon zone, KEYSER, 1979, SACS, 1980, Procolophon zone, Lystrosaurus zone, WATSON, 1914, BROOM, 1906).

Age: Early Scythian Epoch, Early Triassic.

Material:

SAM-PK-K1119, UMCZ T819, AMNH 2223, NMQR 860: Fragmentary skulls.


PARRINGTON

Locality: Harrismith, Free (Orange Free) State, Cape Province, South Africa.

Horizon: Katberg Formation, Beaufort Group.

Biostratigraphy: Lystrosaurus Assemblage zone (Lystrosaurus-Thrinaxodon zone, KEYSER, 1979, SACS, 1980, Procolophon zone, Lystrosaurus zone, WATSON, 1914, BROOM, 1906).

Age: Early Scythian Epoch, Early Triassic.

Material:

Number: Not given: Skull of a juvenile and cervical vertebrae.

Number: Not given: Fragmentary skeleton of an adult.

BUTLER, ABDALA & BOTHA-BRINK, 2019

NMQR 960: Skull and disarticulated postcranial skeleton including vertebrae, scapulae, humeri, left and right scapulocoracoid, interclavicles, left radius and patial ulna, right partial radius and ribs.

UMZC T819: Skull and dervical vertebrae.

UMZC T823: Fragment of skull, femur, humerus and isolated vertebra.

SAM-PK-K1119: Complete skull and disarticulated postcranial elements, thoracic vertebrae, left scapula, partial left humerus, radii adn ulane.

 


= Glochinodontoides gracilis HAUGHTON, 1924
Etymology: Latin, gracilis, "slender."
= Galesaurus gracilis (HAUGHTON, 1924)

Holotype: Transvaal Museum 83

Locality: James' Donga, Harrismith, Free (Orange Free) State, Cape Province, South Africa.

Horizon: Katberg Formation, Beaufort Group.

Biostratigraphy: Lystrosaurus Assemblage zone (Lystrosaurus-Thrinaxodon zone, KEYSER, 1979, SACS, 1980, Procolophon zone, Lystrosaurus zone, WATSON, 1914, BROOM, 1906).

Age: Early Scythian Epoch, Early Triassic.

Material: Skull and lower jaw, disarticulated scapulae, vertebrae, rib fragments, femora, humeri, right radius, ulnae, tibiae and fibula.

Referred material:

Locality:

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age:

Material:

AMNH 2223: Skull.

 

 


Locality: At Donovanskop near Bethulie, South Africa.

Horizon: Katberg Formation, Beaufort Group.

Biostratigraphy: Lystrosaurus Assemblage zone (Lystrosaurus-Thrinaxodon zone, KEYSER, 1979, SACS, 1980, Procolophon zone, Lystrosaurus zone, WATSON, 1914, BROOM, 1906).

Age: Early Scythian Epoch, Early Triassic.

Material:

National Museum, Bloemfontein C1186: Skull and dentary of a juvenile.

 


= Notictosaurus luckhoffi BROOM, 1936 (partim)

Referred material:

Locality: Wapadsberg near Bethesda Road Station, north of Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.

Horizon: Katberg Formation, Beaufort Group.

Biostratigraphy: Lystrosaurus Assemblage zone (Lystrosaurus-Thrinaxodon zone, KEYSER, 1979, SACS, 1980, Procolophon zone, Lystrosaurus zone, WATSON, 1914, BROOM, 1906).

Age: Early Scythian Epoch, Early Triassic.

Material:

BP M370: Fragmentary skull.

BP M373: 2 fragmentary skulls.

 

BRINK

Locality: Lootsberg Pass between Graaff Reinet and Middelburg, not far from Bethesda Road Station, north of Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.

Horizon: Katberg Formation, Beaufort Group.

Biostratigraphy: Lystrosaurus Assemblage zone (Lystrosaurus-Thrinaxodon zone, KEYSER, 1979, SACS, 1980, Procolophon zone, Lystrosaurus zone, WATSON, 1914, BROOM, 1906).

Age: Early Scythian Epoch, Early Triassic.

Material:

BP 0000: Nearly complete skull.

 

= Glochinodon detinens van HOEPEN, 1916
Etymology:

Holotype: Transvaal Museum 24

Locality: North of Brick-Works, Harrismith, Free (Orange Free) State, South Africa.

Horizon: Katberg Formation, Beaufort Group.

Biostratigraphy: Lystrosaurus Assemblage zone (Lystrosaurus-Thrinaxodon zone, KEYSER, 1979, SACS, 1980, Procolophon zone, Lystrosaurus zone, WATSON, 1914, BROOM, 1906).

Age: Early Scythian Epoch, Early Triassic.

Material: Skull, lower jaw and cervical vertebrae.

 


= Notictosaurus trigonocephalus BRINK & KITCHING, 1951
Etymology:

Holotype: Bernard Price Institute 223

Locality: Farm Honingkrans in the Burgersdorp District, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.

Horizon: Katberg Formation, Beaufort Group.

Biostratigraphy: Lystrosaurus Assemblage zone (Lystrosaurus-Thrinaxodon zone, KEYSER, 1979, SACS, 1980, Procolophon zone, Lystrosaurus zone, WATSON, 1914, BROOM, 1906).

Age: Early Scythian Epoch, Early Triassic.

Material: Skull.

Referred material:

BP/1/2513: Three individuals, a: largest individual, b/c smaller individuals.

BP/1/2513a: Largest individual, Skull, mandible, and associaed postcrania.

BP/1/2513b: Skull, mandible, anterior vertebrae, partial right forelimb (radius, fragment of ulna, manus) and left manus.

BP/1/2513c: Mandible, and anterior cervical vertebrae associated with the small skull.

 


= Glochinodon = Galesaurus BRINK, 1986

Locality: Harrismith, Free (Orange Free) State, South Africa.

Horizon: Katberg Formation, Beaufort Group.

Biostratigraphy: Lystrosaurus Assemblage zone (Lystrosaurus-Thrinaxodon zone, KEYSER, 1979, SACS, 1980, Procolophon zone, Lystrosaurus zone, WATSON, 1914, BROOM, 1906).

Age: Early Scythian Epoch, Early Triassic.

Material:

NMB C177: Skull and imperfect skeleton.