page_title: Beaufort Group
section_title: Paleontology
hierarchical_section_title: Beaufort Group / Paleontology
caption_attribution_description: English: Upper-side 3D rendering of the content inside the burrow cast BP/1/5558 in semi-transparency.Thrinaxodon liorhinus (in brown; BP/1/7199) is lying on its ventral side; Broomistega putterilli (in grey; BP/1/7200) deposited upside down on the right side of the Thrinaxodon.
context_page_description: The Beaufort Group is the third of the main subdivisions of the Karoo Supergroup in South Africa. It is composed of a lower Adelaide Subgroup and an upper Tarkastad Subgroup. It follows conformably after the Ecca Group and unconformably underlies the Stormberg Group. Based on stratigraphic position, lithostratigraphic and biostratigraphic correlations, palynological analyses, and other means of geological dating, the Beaufort Group rocks are considered to range between Middle Permian to Early Triassic in age.
context_section_description: The Beaufort Group is internationally renowned for its diverse fossil fauna, in particular for its therapsid fossils. The entire expanse of this geological group has been categorized into eight fossil biozones or assemblage zones. These assemblage zones are listed below:
  Cynognathus Assemblage Zone               (Youngest)
  Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone
  Daptocephalus Assemblage Zone
  Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone
  Tropidostoma Assemblage Zone
  Pristerognathus Assemblage Zone
  Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone
  Eodicynodon Assemblage Zone                (Oldest)
  The Beaufort Group deposits also yield numerous insect, plant, and trace fossils.
caption: Upper-side 3D rendering of the content inside the burrow cast BP/1/5558 in semi-transparency. Thrinaxodon liorhinus (in brown; BP/1/7199) is lying on its ventral side; Broomistega putterilli (in grey; BP/1/7200) deposited upside down on the right side of the Thrinaxodon. Source: Abdala et al. 2013)
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