The Normandien Formation is a Triassic-age rock formation located in
Free State, South Africa
The Free State, known as Orange Free State until the 28th of June 1995 when its name was changed, is a province of South Africa. Its capital is Bloemfontein, which is also South Africa's judicial capital. Its historical origins lie in the Boer ...
.
It is where the fossils of
Ericiolacerta, a subtaxa of
Ericiolacertidae,
were found.
Fossil content
Among others, these fossils were reported from the formation:
Harrismith Commonage
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* '' Aenigmasaurus grallator''
* '' Broomistega putterilli''
* '' Ericiolacerta parva''
* '' Galesaurus planiceps''
* '' Lydekkerina huxleyi''
* ''Lystrosaurus curvatus
''Lystrosaurus'' (; 'shovel lizard'; proper Greek is λίστρον ''lístron'' ‘tool for leveling or smoothing, shovel, spade, hoe’) is an extinct genus of herbivorous dicynodont therapsids from the late Permian and Early Triassic epochs (a ...
'', '' L. declivis'', '' L. murrayi''
* '' Micropholis stowi''
* '' Moschorhinus kitchingi''
* '' Myosaurus gracilis''
* '' Olivierosuchus parringtoni''
* '' Platycraniellus elegans''
* ''Prolacerta broomi
''Prolacerta'' is a genus of archosauromorph from the lower Triassic of South Africa and Antarctica. The only known species is ''Prolacerta broomi''. The generic name ''Prolacerta'' is derived from Latin meaning “before lizard” and its speci ...
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* '' Prolystrosaurus strigops''
* ''Proterosuchus fergusi
''Proterosuchus'' is an extinct genus of archosauriform reptiles that lived during the Early Triassic. It contains three valid species: the type species ''P. fergusi'' and the referred species ''P. alexanderi'' and ''P. goweri''. All three sp ...
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* '' Scaloposaurus constrictus''
* '' Tetracynodon darti''
* ''Thrinaxodon liorhinus
''Thrinaxodon'' is an extinct genus of cynodonts, most commonly regarded by its species ''T. liorhinus'' which lived in what are now South Africa and Antarctica during the Early Triassic. ''Thrinaxodon'' lived just after the Permian–Triassic m ...
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See also
* List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in South Africa
This is a list of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in South Africa.
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See also
* Lists of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Africa
** List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Botswana
** List of fossiliferous stratigraphic ...
* Geology of South Africa
The geology of South Africa is highly varied including cratons, greenstone belts, large impact craters as well as orogenic belts. The geology of the country is the base for a large mining sector that extracts gold, diamonds, iron and coal from wor ...
* Ericiolacertidae
References
Further reading
* A. S. Brink. 1965. A new ictidosuchid (Scaloposauria) from the Lystrosaurus-zone. Palaeontologia Africana 9:129-138
{{Geology of South Africa, formations
Geologic formations of South Africa
Triassic System of Africa
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Paleontology in South Africa