B19, below and west of Kingori (Permian of Tanzania)

Where: Ruvuma, Tanzania (10.2° S, 35.1° E: paleocoordinates 55.0° S, 15.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Cistecephalus other zone, Usili Formation (Songea Group), Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

• The Usili Formation (formerly K6 or Kawinga Formation) is considered Late Permian in age (Parrington 1936; Wopfner & Kreuser 1986; Wopfner 2002) and comprises alluvial fan conglomerates at the base followed by playa lake deposits of green and red mudrocks with interbedded fluvial siliciclastics (Wopfner & Markwort 1991).

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (float),

• National Museum of Tanzania

Primary reference: D. M. Weide, C. A. Sidor, K. D. Angielczyk and R. M. H. Smith. 2009. A new record of Procynosuchus delaharpeae (Therapsida: Cynodontia) from the Upper Permian Usili Formation, Tanzania. Palaeontologia Africana 44:21-26 [C. Sidor/C. Sidor]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 135698: authorized by Chris Sidor, entered by Chris Sidor on 03.11.2012, edited by Richard Butler, Juan Benito Moreno and Pete Wagner

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Taxonomic list

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Osteichthyes
 Therapsida -
Gorgonopsia indet.
Gorgonopsia indet. Seeley 1894 therapsid
 Therapsida - Gorgonopidae
Dinogorgon rubidgei2, Sycosaurus nowacki2
Dinogorgon rubidgei2 Broom 1936 therapsid
UMZC T890, isolated snout and lower jaw
Sycosaurus nowacki2 therapsid
UMZC T877
 Dicynodontia -
Katumbia parringtoni1, Dicynodon angielczyki n. sp.3
Katumbia parringtoni1 von Huene 1942 dicynodont
UMZC T791, an inomplete skull and jaw
Dicynodon angielczyki n. sp.3 Kammerer 2019 dicynodont
 Therapsida - Procynosuchidae
"Procynosuchus delaharpeae" = Procynosuchus delaharpeae, "Parathrinaxodon proops" = Procynosuchus delaharpeae4
"Procynosuchus delaharpeae" = Procynosuchus delaharpeae Broom 1937 cynodont
NMT RB3
"Parathrinaxodon proops" = Procynosuchus delaharpeae4 Broom 1937 cynodont
UMZC T.810
 Therocephalia - Whaitsiidae
Theriognathus sp.
Theriognathus sp. Owen 1876 therapsid
1Angielczyk 2007; 2Kammerer 2016; 3Kammerer 2019; 4Parrington 1936