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Blue Crane Route Local Municipality, Sarah Baartman District Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africai
Regional Level Types
Blue Crane Route Local MunicipalityMunicipality
Sarah Baartman District MunicipalityMunicipality
Eastern CapeProvince
South AfricaCountry

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Area:
11,068 km2
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Somerset East16,155 (2012)
Mindat Locality ID:
414221
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:414221:1
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Blue Crane Route, Cap-Oriental, Afrique du Sud
German:
Blue Crane Route, Ostkap, SÞdafrika
Italian:
Municipalità locale di Blue Crane Route, provincia del Capo Orientale, Sudafrica
Simplified Chinese:
藍éķīåĪ§é“åœ°æ–đ臩æēŧåļ‚, æąé–‹æ™Ūᜁ, 南非
Spanish:
Blue Crane Route, El Cabo Oriental, SudÃĄfrica
Afrikaans:
Bloukraanroete Plaaslike Munisipaliteit, Oos-Kaap, Suid-Afrika
Cebuano:
Blue Crane Route, Eastern Cape, Habagatang Aprika
Dutch:
Bloukraanroete, Oost-Kaap, Zuid-Afrika
Northern Sotho:
Blue Crane Route Mmusogae, Kapa Bohlabela, Afrika Borwa
Novial:
Blu Grue Rute Komunie, Est Kabe, Sud Afrika
Polish:
Blue Crane Route, Prowincja Przylądkowa Wschodnia, Republika Południowej Afryki
Sesotho:
Masepala oa Blue Crane Route, Kapa Botjhabela, Afrika Borwa
Welsh:
Bwrdeistref Lleol Blue Crane Route, De Affrica
Zulu:
Blue Crane Route Local Municipality, KwaXhosa, iNingizimu Afrika


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Fossils

There are 10 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences28
Youngest Fossil Listed252 Ma (Permian)
Oldest Fossil Listed383 Ma (Late/Upper Devonian)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Beaufort13247.2 - 237 Ma (Triassic)
Beaufort - Middelton7259.9 - 254.17 Ma (Permian)
Beaufort - Balfour - Oudeberg1259.9 - 252.17 Ma (Permian)
Witteberg - Witpoort4372.2 - 358.9 Ma (Late/Upper Devonian)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Dicynodontia
unranked clade
Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Cotylosauria : Dicynodontia259.9 - 252.17 Ma
Permian
Pareiasaurus serridens
species
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Pareiasauridae : Pareiasaurus : Pareiasaurus serridens259.9 - 252.17 Ma
Permian
Arctognathus curvimola
species
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Gorgodontia : Gorgonopidae : Arctognathus : Arctognathus curvimola259.9 - 252.17 Ma
Permian
Ictidosuchus primaevus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Therocephalia : Ictidosuchus : Ictidosuchus primaevus259.9 - 254.17 Ma
Permian
Pristerodon mackayi
species
Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Cotylosauria : Pristerodon : Pristerodon mackayi259.9 - 254.17 Ma
Permian
Prodicynodon pearstonensis
species
Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Cotylosauria : Prodicynodon : Prodicynodon pearstonensis259.9 - 254.17 Ma
Permian
Cistecephalus microrhinus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Cotylosauria : Cistecephalidae : Cistecephalus : Cistecephalus microrhinus259.9 - 254.17 Ma
Permian
Dicynodontoides recurvidens
species
Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Cotylosauria : Kingoriidae : Dicynodontoides : Dicynodontoides recurvidens259.9 - 254.17 Ma
Permian
Diictodon feliceps
species
Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Cotylosauria : Pylaecephalidae : Diictodon : Diictodon feliceps259.9 - 254.17 Ma
Permian
Oudenodon bainii
species
Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Cotylosauria : Oudenodontidae : Oudenodon : Oudenodon bainii259.9 - 252.17 Ma
Permian
Lemurosaurus pricei
species
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Ictidorhinidae : Lemurosaurus : Lemurosaurus pricei259.9 - 254.17 Ma
Permian
Emydops arctatus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Cotylosauria : Emydops : Emydops arctatus259.9 - 254.17 Ma
Permian
Pristerodon agilis
species
Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Cotylosauria : Pristerodon : Pristerodon agilis259.9 - 254.17 Ma
Permian
Aulacephalodon bainii
species
Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Cotylosauria : Geikiidae : Aulacephalodon : Aulacephalodon bainii259.9 - 252.17 Ma
Permian
Digalodon rubidgei
species
Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Cotylosauria : Digalodon : Digalodon rubidgei259.9 - 254.17 Ma
Permian
Plesioselachus macracanthus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Plesioselachus : Plesioselachus macracanthus382.7 - 358.9 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Antarctilamna ultima
species
Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Antarctilamniformes : Antarctilamnidae : Antarctilamna : Antarctilamna ultima382.7 - 358.9 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Tropidostoma dubium
species
Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Cotylosauria : Oudenodontidae : Tropidostoma : Tropidostoma dubium265.1 - 254.17 Ma
Permian
Aelurognathus tigriceps
species
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Gorgodontia : Gorgonopidae : Aelurognathus : Aelurognathus tigriceps259.9 - 252.17 Ma
Permian
Dicynodon hartzenbergi
species
Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Cotylosauria : Dicynodon : Dicynodon hartzenbergi259.9 - 254.17 Ma
Permian
Arctognathus cookei
species
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Gorgodontia : Gorgonopidae : Arctognathus : Arctognathus cookei259.9 - 254.17 Ma
Permian
Cyonosaurus longiceps
species
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Gorgonopsidae : Cyonosaurus : Cyonosaurus longiceps259.9 - 252.17 Ma
Permian
Ictidosuchoides longiceps
species
Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Therocephalia : Ictidosuchidae : Ictidosuchops : Ictidosuchoides longiceps259.9 - 254.17 Ma
Permian
Dicynodontipus icelsi
species
Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Cotylosauria : Dicynodontipus : Dicynodontipus icelsi259.9 - 252.17 Ma
Permian
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 10 fossil localities

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Crane_Route_Local_Municipality
Wikidata ID:Q885667
GeoNames ID:8347503


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