Z51 (Triassic of Tanzania)

Where: Ruvuma, Tanzania (10.5° S, 35.2° E: paleocoordinates 53.9° S, 22.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Lifua Member (Manda Beds Formation), Anisian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (float),

Primary reference: C. A. Sidor and J. A. Hopson. 2018. Cricodon metabolus (Cynodontia: Gomphodontia) from the Triassic Ntawere Formation of northeastern Zambia: patterns of tooth replacement and a systematic review of the Trirachodontidae. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 37(Sup. 1):39-64 [C. Sidor/C. Sidor]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 192618: authorized by Chris Sidor, entered by Chris Sidor on 14.04.2018

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Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Therapsida - Trirachodontidae
Cricodon metabolus Crompton 1955 cynodont
NMT RB227, six isolated postcanine teeth