Kembawacela yajuwayeyi Araújo et al. 2022 (dicynodont)

Osteichthyes - Dicynodontia - Cistecephalidae

Full reference: R. Araújo, Z. Macungo, V. Fernandez, E. G. Chindebvu, and L. L. Jacobs. 2022. Kembawacela yajuwayeyi n. sp., a new cistecephalid species (Dicynodontia: Emydopoidea) from the Upper Permian of Malawi. Journal of African Earth Sciences

Belongs to Kembawacela according to R. Araújo et al. 2022

Sister taxon: Kembawacela kitchingi

Type specimen: DMMM-PK-16-1, a partial skull. Its type locality is Fossils 'B1', Lower Bone Bed, Chiweta, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial horizon in the Chiweta Beds Formation of Malawi.

Ecology: herbivore

Distribution: found only at Fossils 'B1', Lower Bone Bed, Chiweta

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