Locality 328 (Nowack) (Triassic of Tanzania)

Also known as Ndatira River, Ngaka sub-basin, Ruhuhu basin

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

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• "Based on the geographic location of this site, we agree that it is most likely in the middle to upper portion of the Lifua Member." (Angielczyk et al. 2017)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: K. D. Angielczyk, P. J. Hancox, and A. Nabavizadeh. 2017. A redescription of the Triassic kannemeyeriiform dicynodont Sangusaurus (Therapsida, Anomodontia), with an analysis of its feeding system. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 37(sup1):189-227 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 196736: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 03.10.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Dicynodontia - Stahleckeriidae
Sangusaurus parringtonii n. sp. Cruickshank 1986 dicynodont
UMZC T1226 (holotype), partial skull and partial mandible; UMZC T1225, right and partial left femurs