B4, Katumbi Vawili (Lower Bonebed K6) (Permian of Tanzania)

Also known as Katumbi Viwili

Where: Ruvuma, Tanzania (10.2° S, 35.4° E: paleocoordinates 55.2° S, 15.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• "Lower Bone Bed [K6]" - now recognised as part of the Usili Formation

• group of beds-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 180461: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Juan Benito Moreno on 18.07.2016, edited by Richard Butler, Graeme Lloyd and Bethany Allen

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Taxonomic list

Amphibia
 Temnospondyli -
Peltobatrachus pustulatus n. gen. n. sp.5
Peltobatrachus pustulatus n. gen. n. sp.5 Panchen 1959 tetrapod
A35
Osteichthyes
 Anomodontia - Cryptodontidae
"Megacyclops rugosus n. sp." = Rhachiocephalus magnus2
"Megacyclops rugosus n. sp." = Rhachiocephalus magnus2 Owen 1876 therapsid
SAM 10637, a partial skull and lower jaw
 Dicynodontia -
Katumbia parringtoni1 von Huene 1942 dicynodont
UMZC T761, an incomplete skull
 Therocephalia - Whaitsiidae
Theriognathus microps3 Owen 1876 therapsid
UMCZ T901
 Therapsida - Gorgonopidae
Sycosaurus nowacki4, Dinogorgon rubidgei4, "Ruhuhucerberus haughtoni" = Ruhuhucerberus haughtoni4, "Ruhuhucerberus terror n. sp." = Ruhuhucerberus haughtoni4
Sycosaurus nowacki4 therapsid
UMZC T878
Dinogorgon rubidgei4 Broom 1936 therapsid
UMZC T880, isolated snout and lower jaw
"Ruhuhucerberus haughtoni" = Ruhuhucerberus haughtoni4 Huene 1950 therapsid
UMZC T881, fragmentary skull
"Ruhuhucerberus terror n. sp." = Ruhuhucerberus haughtoni4 Huene 1950 therapsid
UMZC T891 (holotype), well-preserved skull