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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Kenyasaurus mariakaniensis n. gen. n. sp.
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