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