Where: Zambia (10.6° S, 33.0° E: paleocoordinates 54.5° S, 13.1° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone other zone, Upper Member (Madumabisa Mudstone Formation), Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)
• Northern group of the 'upper fossiliferous beds' of the Madumabisa Mudstone according to Drysdall & Kitching (1963); Angielczyk et al. (2014) argued that the Upper Madumabisa Mudstone contains a single faunal assemblage correlated to the Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone of South Africa.
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; calcareous mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: concretion
Collection methods: surface (float),
Primary reference: L. D. Boonstra. 1938. A report on some Karroo reptiles from the Luangwa Valley, Northern Rhodesia. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 94(1-4):371-384 [R. Butler/J. Benito Moreno]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 184600: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 13.03.2017, edited by Brenlee Shipps and Bethany Allen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes | |
Aelurognathus sp.4, Aelurognathus tigriceps3, "Aelurognathus quadrata" = Lycaenops quadrata4, Scylacops sp.
Scylacops sp. Broom 1913 therapsid | |
"Rhachiocephalus dubius n. sp." = Odontocyclops whaitsi, "Dicynodon lutriceps" = Oudenodon bainii, "Dicynodon cf. milletti" = Oudenodon bainii, "Dicynodon luangwanensis n. sp." = Oudenodon bainii, "Dicynodon parabreviceps n. sp." = Oudenodon bainii, "Dicynodon helenae n. sp." = Oudenodon bainii, "Dicynodon euryceps n. sp." = Oudenodon bainii, "Dicynodon corstorphinei" = Oudenodon bainii, "Dicynodon latirostris" = Oudenodon bainii
"Rhachiocephalus dubius n. sp." = Odontocyclops whaitsi Broom 1913 therapsid BP/1/3244, BP/1/3419, BP/1/3585, BP/1/3586, BP/1/3587, BP/1/3589, SAM-PK-11313
"Dicynodon lutriceps" = Oudenodon bainii Owen 1859 therapsid
"Dicynodon cf. milletti" = Oudenodon bainii Owen 1859 therapsid
"Dicynodon luangwanensis n. sp." = Oudenodon bainii Owen 1859 therapsid
"Dicynodon parabreviceps n. sp." = Oudenodon bainii Owen 1859 therapsid
"Dicynodon helenae n. sp." = Oudenodon bainii Owen 1859 therapsid
"Dicynodon euryceps n. sp." = Oudenodon bainii Owen 1859 therapsid
"Dicynodon corstorphinei" = Oudenodon bainii Owen 1859 therapsid
"Dicynodon latirostris" = Oudenodon bainii Owen 1859 therapsid | |
Pristerodon mackayi2 Huxley 1868 dicynodont BP/1/3386, BP/1/3399, BP/1/3410, BP/1/3601, SAM-PKK7933. Latter specimen was originally identified by Boonstra (1938) as Emydops or Emydopsis
Haughtoniana magna n. gen. n. sp. Boonstra 1938 dicynodont | |
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Reptilia | |
"Propappus omocratus" = Pareiasaurus serridens
"Propappus omocratus" = Pareiasaurus serridens Owen parareptile |