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The Normandien Formation is a Triassic-age rock formation located in Free State, South Africa. It is where the fossils of Ericiolacerta, a subtaxa of Ericiolacertidae, were found.


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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 Ancient Greek is ''lístron'' ‘tool for leveling or smoothing, shovel, spade, hoe’) is an extinct genus of herbivore, herbivorous dicynodont therapsids from the Lopingian, late Permian and Early T ...
'', '' L. declivis'', '' L. murrayi'' * '' Micropholis stowi'' * '' Moschorhinus kitchingi'' * '' Myosaurus gracilis'' * '' Olivierosuchus parringtoni'' * '' Platycraniellus elegans'' * '' Prolacerta broomi'' * '' Prolystrosaurus strigops'' * '' Proterosuchus fergusi'' * '' Scaloposaurus constrictus'' * '' Tetracynodon darti'' * ''
Thrinaxodon liorhinus ''Thrinaxodon'' is an extinct genus (biology), genus of cynodonts which lived in what are now South Africa and Antarctica during the Late Permian - Early Triassic. ''Thrinaxodon'' lived just before, during, and right after the Permian–Triassic ...
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See also

* List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in South Africa * Geology of South Africa * 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 Triassic South Africa Induan Stage Sandstone formations Paleontology in South Africa