Drysdall & Kitching locality 4, Upper Luangwa Valley: Wuchiapingian, Zambia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Dicynodon lacerticeps Owen 1845
1 individual
    = Dicynodon huenei
Angielczyk et al. 2014
Reptilia
Propappus omocratus Seeley
1 individual
synonym of Pareiasaurus serridens
Anomodontia
Haughtoniana magna n. gen., n. sp. Boonstra 1938
1 individual
nomen dubium belonging to Dicynodontia
Pristerodon mackayi Huxley 1868
Angielczyk et al. 2014 5 individuals
BP/1/3386, BP/1/3399, BP/1/3410, BP/1/3601, SAM-PKK7933. Latter specimen was originally identified by Boonstra (1938) as Emydops or Emydopsis
Dicynodon vanhoepeni n. sp. Boonstra 1938
1 individual
recombined as Syops vanhoepeni
SAM-PK-11311
Dicynodontoides sp. Broom 1940
Angielczyk et al. 2009 1 individual
BMNH R15944
    = Dicynodontoides cf. nowacki von Huene 1942
Angielczyk et al. 2014
Emydops sp. Broom 1912
Angielczyk et al. 2014 1 individual
BP/1/3347
Cistecephalidae informal new species
Angielczyk et al. 2014 3 individuals
BP/1/3337, BP/1/3591, BP/1/3603
    = Kembawacela kitchingi Angielczyk et al. 2019
Angielczyk et al. 2019
Diictodon feliceps (Owen 1876)
Angielczyk et al. 2014 1 individual
BP/1/3598
Anomodontia - Cryptodontidae
Rhachiocephalus dubius n. sp. Boonstra 1938
7 individuals
synonym of Odontocyclops whaitsi
BP/1/3244, BP/1/3419, BP/1/3585, BP/1/3586, BP/1/3587, BP/1/3589, SAM-PK-11313
Dicynodon latirostris Broom 1932
1 individual
synonym of Oudenodon bainii
Dicynodon cf. milletti Broom 1928
1 individual
synonym of Oudenodon bainii
Dicynodon lutriceps Broom 1912
1 individual
synonym of Oudenodon bainii
Dicynodon corstorphinei Broom and Haughton 1917
1 individual
synonym of Oudenodon bainii
Dicynodon luangwanensis n. sp. Boonstra 1938
1 individual
synonym of Oudenodon bainii
Dicynodon euryceps n. sp. Boonstra 1938
1 individual
synonym of Oudenodon bainii
Dicynodon helenae n. sp. Boonstra 1938
1 individual
synonym of Oudenodon bainii
Dicynodon parabreviceps n. sp. Boonstra 1938
1 individual
synonym of Oudenodon bainii
Gorgonopidae
Aelurognathus sp. Haughton 1924
Sigogneau-Russell 1989 1 individual
BP/1/388
Aelurognathus tigriceps (Broom and Haughton 1913)
Sidor and Mann 2024
NHCC LB350
Aelurognathus quadrata (Haughton 1926)
Sigogneau-Russell 1989 2 individuals
recombined as Lycaenops quadrata
BP/1/390, 389
Scylacops sp. Broom 1913
1 individual
see common names

Geography
Country:Zambia
Coordinates: 10.6° South, 33.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:54.5° South, 13.1° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Permian Epoch:Lopingian
Stage:Wuchiapingian 10 m.y. bin:Permian 4
Key time interval:Wuchiapingian Other zone: Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone
Age range of interval:259.51000 - 254.14000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Madumabisa Mudstone Member:Upper
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: Northern group of the 'upper fossiliferous beds' of the Madumabisa Mudstone according to Drysdall & Kitching (1963); Angielczyk et al. (2014) argued that the Upper Madumabisa Mudstone contains a single faunal assemblage correlated to the Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone of South Africa.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: calcareous mudstone
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,concretion
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (float),field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:184600
Authorizer:R. Butler, C. Sidor, A. Dunhill Enterer:R. Butler, B. Allen, B. Shipps
Modifier:R. Butler Research group:vertebrate
Collections that are a subset of this one:234510
Created:2017-03-13 11:40:23 Last modified:2017-03-16 10:06:56
Access level:database members Released:2018-03-13 11:40:23
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
58263. L. D. Boonstra. 1938. A report on some Karroo reptiles from the Luangwa Valley, Northern Rhodesia. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 94(1-4):371-384 [R. Butler/J. Benito Moreno]

Secondary references:

70628 K. D. Angielczyk, J. Benoit, and B. S. Rubidge. 2019. A new tusked cistecephalid dicynodont (Therapsida, Anomodontia) from the upper Permian upper Madumabisa Mudstone Formation, Luangwa Basin, Zambia. Papers in Palaeontology [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]
58355 K. D. Angielczyk, C. A. Sidor, S. J. Nesbitt, R. M. H. Smith, and L. A. Tsuji. 2009. Taxonomic revision and new observations on the postcranial skeleton, biogeography, and biostratigraphy of the dicynodont genus Dicynodontoides, the senior subjective synonym of Kingoria (Therapsida, Anomodontia). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29(4):1174-1187 [R. Butler/J. Benito Moreno]
60398 K. D. Angielczyk, J. S. Steyer, C. A. Sidor, R. H. H. Smith, R. L. Whatley and S. Tolan. 2014. Permian and Triassic Dicynodont (Therapsida: Anomodontia) Faunas of the Luangwa Basin, Zambia: Taxonomic Update and Implications for Dicynodont Biogeography and Biostratigraphy. In C. F. Kammerer, K. D. Angielczyk and J. Fröbisch (eds.), Early Evolutionary History of the Synapsida 93-138 [R. Butler/J. Benito Moreno/M. Uhen]
34186 A. R. Drysdall and J. W. Kitching. 1963. A re-examination of the Karroo succession and fossil localities of part of the Upper Luangwa Valley. Memoir of the Geological Survey of Northern Rhodesia 1:1-62 [R. Butler/R. Butler]
88176 C. A. Sidor and A. Mann. 2024. The sternum and interclavicle of Aelurognathus tigriceps (Broom & Haughton, 1913) (Therapsida: Gorgonopsia), with comments on sternal evolution in therapsids. Comptes Rendus Palevol 23(6):85-93 [C. Sidor/B. Shipps]
57886 D. S. Sigogneau-Russell. 1989. Theriodontia I: Phthinosuchia, Biarmosuchia, Eotitanosuchia, Gorgonopsia. Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology [R. Butler/R. Butler/R. Butler]