Also known as Grahamstown

Where: Eastern Cape, South Africa (33.3° S, 26.5° E: paleocoordinates 74.7° S, 172.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Witpoort Formation (Witteberg Group), Famennian (376.1 - 360.7 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: paralic; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression, soft parts

Collection methods: quarrying,

Primary reference: R. W. Gess, M. I. Coates, and B. S. Rubidge. 2006. A lamprey from the Devonian period of South Africa. Nature 443:981-984 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 68049: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 29.12.2006

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