B19, below and west of Kingori: Wuchiapingian, Tanzania
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anomodontia
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Dicynodon sp.
Owen 1845
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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= Dicynodon angielczyki n. sp.
Kammerer 2019
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Kammerer 2019 | |||||||||
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Katumbia parringtoni
(von Huene 1942)
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Angielczyk 2007 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| UMZC T791, an inomplete skull and jaw | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Gorgonopsia indet.
Seeley 1894
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Gorgonopidae
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Sycosaurus nowacki
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Kammerer 2016 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| UMZC T877 | ||||||||||
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Dinogorgon rubidgei
Broom 1936
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Kammerer 2016 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| UMZC T890, isolated snout and lower jaw | ||||||||||
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Therocephalia
- Whaitsiidae
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Theriognathus sp.
Owen 1876
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Procynosuchidae
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Procynosuchus delaharpeae
Broom 1937
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| NMT RB3 | ||||||||||
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Parathrinaxodon proops
Parrington 1936
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Parrington 1936 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| synonym of Procynosuchus delaharpeae | ||||||||||
| UMZC T.810 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Tanzania | State/province: | Ruvuma | County: | Songea |
| Coordinates: | 10.2° South, 35.1° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 55.0° South, 15.2° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Permian | Epoch: | Lopingian |
| Stage: | Wuchiapingian | 10 m.y. bin: | Permian 4 |
| Key time interval: | Wuchiapingian | Other zone: | Cistecephalus |
| Age range of interval: | 259.51000 - 254.14000 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported | ||
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. | Tectonic setting: | rift |
| Geology comments: The Usili Formation (formerly K6 or Kawinga Formation) is considered Late Permian in age (Parrington 1936; Wopfner & Kreuser 1986; Wopfner 2002) and comprises alluvial fan conglomerates at the base followed by playa lake deposits of green and red mudrocks with interbedded fluvial siliciclastics (Wopfner & Markwort 1991). | |||
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (float),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: National Museum of Tanzania | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 135698 | ||
| Authorizer: | C. Sidor, R. Butler, P. Wagner | Enterer: | C. Sidor, P. Wagner, J. Benito Moreno, R. Butler |
| Modifier: | R. Butler | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-11-03 03:00:11 | Last modified: | 2017-12-05 06:24:31 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-11-03 03:00:11 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 43409. | D. M. Weide, C. A. Sidor, K. D. Angielczyk and R. M. H. Smith. 2009. A new record of Procynosuchus delaharpeae (Therapsida: Cynodontia) from the Upper Permian Usili Formation, Tanzania. Palaeontologia Africana 44:21-26 [C. Sidor/C. Sidor] |
Secondary references:
| 45250 | K. D. Angielczyk. 2007. New specimens of the Tanzanian dicynodont "Cryptocynodon parringtoni" von Huene, 1942 (Therapsida, Anomodontia), with an expanded analysis of Permian dicynodont phylogeny. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(1):116-131 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner] | |
| 57838 | C. F. Kammerer. 2016. Systematics of the Rubidgeinae (Therapsida: Gorgonopsia). PeerJ 4:e1608 [R. Butler/R. Butler] | |
| 71900 | C. F. Kammerer. 2019. Revision of the Tanzanian dicynodont Dicynodon huenei (Therapsida: Anomodontia) from the Permian Usili Formation. PeerJ 7 [S. Hellert/S. Hellert] | |
| 51786 | C. F. Kammerer, K. D. Angielczyk, and J. Frobisch. 2011. A comprehensive taxonomic revision of Dicynodon (Therapsida, Anomodontia) and its implications for dicynodont phylogeny, biogeography, and biostratigraphy. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31(Sup. to 6):1-158 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/J. Benito Moreno] | |
| 29055 | G. M. King. 1988. Anomodontia. In G. Fischer (ed.), Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology 1-174 [H. Sims/J. Camp] | |
| 59971 | M. W. Maisch. 2005. Observations on Karoo and Gondwana vertebrates. part 6. A new rhachiocephalid dicynodont (Therapsida) from the Upper Permian of the Ruhuhu Basin (Tanzania). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie 273(3):313-355 [R. Butler/J. Benito Moreno] | |
| 59520 | F. R. Parrington. 1936. On the tooth replacement in theriodont reptiles. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 226:121-142 [R. Butler/R. Butler] | |
| 10013 | G. M. Stockley. 1932. The geology of the Ruhuhu Coalfields, Tanganyika Territory. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 88(4):610-622 [R. Whatley/R. Whatley/R. Whatley] | |
| 37154 | F. von Huene. 1942. Die Anomodontier des Ruhuhu-Gebietes in der Tübinger Sammlung [Anomodontia of Ruhuhu valley in the collection of Tübingen]. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 94:154-184 [J. Fröbisch/M. Walther/J. Benito Moreno] | |
| 65064 | P. Wagner. 2020. Subspecies kluges: a pointless taxonomic database to create species opinions for subspecies that then will be over-ruled and allow subspecies occurrences to be recognized as the subspecies rather than the parent species. [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner] |