The Normandien Formation is a Triassic-age rock formation located in

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. It is where the fossils of

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, a subtaxa of

Ericiolacertidae Ericiolacertidae is a family of therocephalian therapsids. The family living in the earliest Triassic after the Permian-Triassic extinction event. Genera are: ''Ericiolacerta'' found in the Fremouw Formation of Antarctica and the Normandien Forma ...

, were found.

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Among others, these fossils were reported from the formation:Harrismith Commonage
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.org * '' Aenigmasaurus grallator'' * '' Broomistega putterilli'' * '' Ericiolacerta parva'' * '' Galesaurus planiceps'' * '' Lydekkerina huxleyi'' * '' Lystrosaurus curvatus'', '' L. declivis'', '' L. murrayi'' * ''

Micropholis stowi ''Micropholis'' (Greek mikros = small and pholis = scale) is an extinct genus of dissorophoid temnospondyl. Fossils have been found from the ''Lystrosaurus'' Assemblage Zone of the Karoo Basin in South Africa and are dated to the Induan ...

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Moschorhinus kitchingi ''Moschorhinus'' is an extinct genus of therocephalian in the family Akidnognathidae with only one species: ''M. kitchingi''. It was a carnivorous synapsid which has been found in the Late Permian to Early Triassic of the South African Karoo Supe ...

'' * '' Myosaurus gracilis'' * ''

Olivierosuchus parringtoni ''Olivierosuchus'' is an extinct genus of therocephalian therapsids. It is a member of the family Akidnognathidae. Fossils of ''Olivierosuchus'' have been found from the Early Triassic ''Lystrosaurus'' Assemblage Zone in South Africa. Unlike ot ...

'' * '' 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 spec ...

'' * '' Prolystrosaurus strigops'' * '' Proterosuchus fergusi'' * '' 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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