B4, Katumbi Vawili (Lower Bonebed K6): Wuchiapingian, Tanzania
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
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Peltobatrachus pustulatus n. gen., n. sp.
Panchen 1959
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Panchen 1959 | 3 individuals | ||||||||
| A35 | ||||||||||
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Therocephalia
- Whaitsiidae
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Theriognathus microps
Owen 1876
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Huttenlocker and Abdala 2015 | |||||||||
| UMCZ T901 | ||||||||||
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Anomodontia
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Katumbia parringtoni
(von Huene 1942)
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Angielczyk 2007 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| UMZC T761, an incomplete skull | ||||||||||
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Anomodontia
- Cryptodontidae
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Megacyclops rugosus n. sp.
Haughton 1932
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Haughton 1932 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| SAM 10637, a partial skull and lower jaw | ||||||||||
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Gorgonopidae
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Sycosaurus nowacki
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Kammerer 2016 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| UMZC T878 | ||||||||||
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Ruhuhucerberus haughtoni
(Huene 1950)
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Kammerer 2016 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| UMZC T881, fragmentary skull | ||||||||||
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Ruhuhucerberus terror n. sp.
Maisch 2002
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Kammerer 2016 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| UMZC T891 (holotype), well-preserved skull | ||||||||||
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Dinogorgon rubidgei
Broom 1936
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Kammerer 2016 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| UMZC T880, isolated snout and lower jaw | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Tanzania | State/province: | Ruvuma | County: | Songea |
| Coordinates: | 10.2° South, 35.4° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 55.2° South, 15.8° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| 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: | 259.51 - 254.14 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Katumbi Viwili | ||
| Database number: | 180461 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler, A. Dunhill, G. Lloyd | Enterer: | J. Benito Moreno, R. Butler, G. Lloyd, B. Allen |
| Modifier: | R. Butler | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-07-18 11:01:06 | Last modified: | 2017-12-05 06:03:45 |
| Access level: | database members | Released: | 2018-07-18 11:01:06 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 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] |
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] | |
| 6969 | S. H. Haughton. 1932. On a collection of Karroo vertebrates from Tanganyika Territory. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 88(4):634-671 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 67078 | A. K. Huttenlocker and F. Abdala. 2015. Revision of the first therocephalian, Theriognathus Owen (Therapsida: Whaitsiidae), and implications for cranial ontogeny and allometry in nonmammaliaform eutheriodonts. Journal of Paleontology 89(4):645-664 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen] | |
| 57838 | C. F. Kammerer. 2016. Systematics of the Rubidgeinae (Therapsida: Gorgonopsia). PeerJ 4:e1608 [R. Butler/R. Butler] | |
| 65039 | A. L. Panchen. 1959. A new armoured amphibian from the Upper Permian of East Africa. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B 242:207-281 [G. Lloyd/G. Lloyd/M. Uhen] |