Also known as Kingori Mountain
Where: Ruvuma, Tanzania (10.3° S, 35.1° E: paleocoordinates 55.1° S, 15.2° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Cistecephalus other zone, Usili Formation (Songea Group), Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)
• The precise stratigraphic level of the specimens is unknown. PJW: Huttenlocker & Abdala (2015: J. Paleontology) note that this is upper Cistecephalus zone.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: G. M. Stockley. 1932. The geology of the Ruhuhu Coalfields, Tanganyika Territory. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 88(4):610-622 [R. Whatley/R. Whatley/R. Whatley]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 181520: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Juan Benito Moreno on 15.09.2016, edited by Richard Butler
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Genovum broilii n. gen. n. sp.1, "Dinogorgon quinquemolaris n. sp." = Dinogorgon rubidgei1, "Gorgonognathus maximus n. sp." = Rubidgea atrox1, "Aelurognathus haughtoni n. sp." = Ruhuhucerberus haughtoni1, "Tetraodon nowaki n. gen. n. sp." = Sycosaurus nowaki2, "Lycaenops kingoriensis n. sp." = Sycosaurus nowaki1, Cyniscops broomianus n. sp.1, "Dixeya nasuta n. sp." = Arctognathus nasuta1, "cf. Arctognathus nasuta" = Arctognathus nasuta5, "cf. Arctognathus nasuta" = Arctognathus nasuta5
"Tetraodon nowaki n. gen. n. sp." = Sycosaurus nowaki2 Broili and Schröder 1936 therapsid BSPG 1936 III 1 (holotype)
"Lycaenops kingoriensis n. sp." = Sycosaurus nowaki1 Broili and Schröder 1936 therapsid GPIT/RE/7116
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"Dicynodon nowacki n. sp." = Dicynodontoides nowacki6
"Dicynodon nowacki n. sp." = Dicynodontoides nowacki6 von Huene 1942 dicynodont GPIT/RE/7174, a nearly complete skull
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Kawingasaurus fossilis n. gen. n. sp.3 Cox 1972 dicynodont UT K52, skull (holotype), UT K56, skull, and UT K55, five skull and postcranial remains
"Cistecephalus planiceps" = Cistecephalus microrhinus6 Owen 1876 dicynodont GPIT K 52, 55, 56, seven skulls and one skeleton
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"Cryptocynodon parringtoni n. sp." = Katumbia parringtoni6 von Huene 1942 dicynodont GPIT K 130, a skull
Platypodosaurus huenei6 Haughton 1932 dicynodont GPIT K 1, K 2, K 4, K 6a, K 6b, K 101, K 110, skulls
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"Dicynodon bathyrhynchus n. sp." = Euptychognathus bathyrhynchus6
"Dicynodon bathyrhynchus n. sp." = Euptychognathus bathyrhynchus6 von Huene 1942 dicynodont GPIT/RE/7104, a well preserved skull
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"Dicynodon locusticeps n. sp." = Geikia locusticeps6, "Pelanomodon tuberosus n. sp." = Geikia locusticeps6, "Platypodosaurus magnus" = Rhachiocephalus magnus6, Rhachiocephalus behemoth n. sp.4
"Dicynodon locusticeps n. sp." = Geikia locusticeps6 von Huene 1942 therapsid GPIT/RE/7186, a well-preserved skull missing the temporal arch
"Platypodosaurus magnus" = Rhachiocephalus magnus6 Owen 1876 therapsid GPIT K 15, 100, two skulls with skeletons
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"Notaelurops cf. paucidens" = Theriognathus microps1, "Notosollasia luckhoffi" = Theriognathus microps1
"Notosollasia luckhoffi" = Theriognathus microps1 Owen 1876 therapsid GPIT K 10, 44, 45, 50, 65, 119, 135
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Silphoictidoides ruhuhuensis n. gen. n. sp.1
Silphoictidoides ruhuhuensis n. gen. n. sp.1 Huene 1950 therapsid GPIT/RE/7138, well preserved skull (holotype). GPIT/RE/7139, partial skull
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