Locality RRBP 2007-01 (Cretaceous to of Tanzania)

Where: Mbeya, Tanzania (8.7° S, 32.7° E: paleocoordinates 26.7° S, 23.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Namba Member (Galula Formation), Cenomanian to Cenomanian (100.5 - 72.1 Ma)

• Originally thought to be Aptian-Cenomanian, but new dates indicate either Cenomanian-Santonian or Campanian (Widlansky et al. 2018)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. J. W. Sertich and P. M. O'Connor. 2014. A new crocodyliform from the middle Cretaceous Galula Formation, southwestern Tanzania. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34(3):576-596 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 156029: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Jonathan Tennant on 07.05.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Loricata - Peirosauridae
Rukwasuchus yajabalijekundu Sertich and O'Connor 2014 crocodilian
Isolated tooth (RRBP 07351), isolated tooth (RRBP 07369), and isolated tooth (RRBP 09362)