Drysdall & Kitching locality 21, Upper Luangwa Valley: Wuchiapingian, Zambia
collected by J. W. Kitching 1960, 1961
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Cistecephalus sp.
Owen 1876
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Drysdall and Kitching 1963 | |||||||||
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= Cistecephalidae informal new species
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Angielczyk et al. 2014 | |||||||||
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Anomodontia
- Cryptodontidae
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Aulacephalodon sp.
Seeley 1898
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Drysdall and Kitching 1963 | |||||||||
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= Odontocyclops whaitsi
Broom 1913
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Angielczyk et al. 2014 | |||||||||
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Anomodontia
- Pristerodontidae
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Pristerodontinae indet.
Haughton and Brink 1954
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Drysdall and Kitching 1963 | |||||||||
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Anomodontia
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Dicynodon lissops
Broom 1913
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Drysdall and Kitching 1963 | |||||||||
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= Dicynodontia indet.
Owen 1859
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Angielczyk et al. 2014 | |||||||||
| Report of Dicynodon lissops is not considered valid due to the lack of voucher specimens | ||||||||||
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Neomegacyclops sp.
(Boonstra 1953)
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Drysdall and Kitching 1963 | |||||||||
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= Dicynodontia indet.
Owen 1859
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Angielczyk et al. 2014 | |||||||||
| This reported occurrence of Neomegacyclops was based on a field observation, and cannot be verified | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Pareiasuchus nasicornis
Haughton and Boonstra 1929
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1 individual | |||||||||
| BPI 1/3653 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Zambia | State/province: | Eastern | County: | Lundazi |
| Coordinates: | 10.8° South, 33.2° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 54.9° South, 13.1° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Permian | Epoch: | Lopingian |
| Stage: | Wuchiapingian | 10 m.y. bin: | Permian 4 |
| Key time interval: | Wuchiapingian | Zone: | Cistecephalus Assemblage |
| Age range of interval: | 259.51000 - 254.14000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Beaufort | Formation: | Madumabisa Mudstone | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "Northern (Chikonta) Group [...] Lowermost Cistecephalus Zone" (Lee et al., 1997); chrono- and lithostratigraphy according to correlation chart on p. 240 in Catuneanu et al. (2005, J. African Earth Sci. 43, pp. 211-253) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | mudstone | ||
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. | Tectonic setting: | rift |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | J. W. Kitching | Collection dates: | 1960, 1961 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 86257 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Mueller, R. Butler | Enterer: | T. Liebrecht, R. Butler |
| Modifier: | R. Butler | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-01-27 11:00:13 | Last modified: | 2017-03-16 10:20:12 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2012-01-27 11:00:13 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 28941. | M. S. Y. Lee, C. E. Gow, and J. W. Kitching. 1997. Anatomy and relationships of the pareiasaur Pareiasuchus nasicornis from the Upper Permian of Zambia. Palaeontology 40(2):307-335 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 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] | |
| 29181 | J. W. Kitching. 1963. The Fossil Localities and Mammal-Like Reptiles of the Upper Luangwa Valley, Northern Rhodesia. South African Journal of Science 59(5):259-264 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht] |