Mambawakale Butler et al. 2022 (archosaur)

Reptilia - Pseudosuchia

Full reference: R. J. Butler, V. Fernandez, S. J. Nesbitt, J. V. Leite, and D. J. Gower. 2022. A new pseudosuchian archosaur, Mambawakale ruhuhu gen. et sp. nov., from the Middle Triassic Manda Beds of Tanzania. Royal Society Open Science 9:211622

Parent taxon: Pseudosuchia according to R. J. Butler et al. 2022

Sister taxa: Aetosauridae, Aetosauroidea, Browniella, Chasmatosaurus ultimus, Chirotheriidae, Chirotherioidea, Dasygnathus longidens, Dongusia, Dongusia colorata, Elachistosuchoidea, Erpetosuchidae, Gwyneddichniidae, Ingenierichnus, Koilamasuchus, Nundasuchus, Ornithosuchidae, Ornithosuchoidea, Pallisteriidae, Phytosauria, Poposauroidea, Procerosuchus, Prochirotherium, Proterosuchoidea, Rileyasuchus, Rotodactylidae, Scleromochloidea, Sphenosuchoidea, Suchia, Synaptichniidae, Teleocrateridae, Youngosuchus

Subtaxa: Mambawakale ruhuhu

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Type: Mambawakale ruhuhu

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at U15/1, east of the Mkongleko River (Triassic of Tanzania)

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