U17, 1963 British Manda expedition (Triassic of Tanzania)

Where: Ruvuma, Tanzania (10.3° S, 35.2° E: paleocoordinates 53.8° S, 23.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Anisian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 1963; reposited in the BMNH

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: C. B. Cox. 1991. The Pangaea dicynodont Rechnisaurus and the comparative biostratigraphy of Triassic dicynodont faunas. Palaeontology 34(4):767-784 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 143452: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 23.04.2013

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Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Dicynodontia - Kannemeyeriidae
Rechnisaurus cristarhynchus Chowdhury 1970 dicynodont
BMNH (NHMUK) R11955