Where: Coast, Kenya (3.9° S, 39.5° E: paleocoordinates 49.6° S, 29.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Maji-Ya-Chumvi Formation (Duruma Group), Induan to Induan (252.2 - 247.2 Ma)

• " [...] upper part of the Maji ya Chumvi Beds. These form the lower part of the Middle Duruma Sandstone Series (Caswell and Baker, 1953) and are said to be of early Triassic age, on the basis of lithological similarities with beds in Tanzania and Madagascar." (Harris & Carroll, 1977)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, micaceous, yellow sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by Mr. Gubek

• KNM = Kenya National Museum

Primary reference: J. M. Harris and R. L. Carroll. 1977. Kenyasaurus, a New Eosuchian Reptile from the Early Triassic of Kenya. Journal of Paleontology 51(1):139-149 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 87220: authorized by Johannes Mueller, entered by Torsten Liebrecht on 10.03.2009

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