Munyamadzi Corridor, Kerr's 1974 locality 1: Wuchiapingian, Zambia
collected 1972
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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| 1 individual | ||||||||||
| OUM.TSK 2 (single skull) | ||||||||||
| Angielczyk et al. 2014 | ||||||||||
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Anomodontia
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Dicynodon huenei
(Haughton 1932)
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Angielczyk et al. 2014 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| TSK 14 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Zambia |
| Coordinates: | 12.3° South, 32.0° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 45.0° South, 10.7° East (Wright 2013) |
| 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 | ||
| Age range of interval: | 259.51 - 254.14 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Madumabisa Mudstone | Member: | Upper | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: 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: | brown,gray poorly lithified calcareous mudstone | ||
| Secondary lithology: | concretionary calcareous mudstone | ||
| Includes fossils? | Y | ||
| Lithology description: "The fossiliferous rock is a near-horizontal, brown and grey, fine-grained calcareous mudstone, with frequent nodules that are of the same rock type but are more calcareous, and in which the fossils themselves occur." (Kemp, 1975, Nature 254) | |||
| Environment: | lacustrine - large | Tectonic setting: | rift |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,concretion |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Articulated whole bodies: | none |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (float),surface (in situ),acetic,survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | OUM | Collection dates: | 1972 |
| Collection method comments: "Large amounts of bone have weatherd out and lie strewn over the surface but numerous good specimens were found still in situ." (Kemp, 1975, Nature 254)
Collections were made by members of the Geological Survey of Zambia. OUM.TSK = T. S. Kemp Collection, Oxford University Museum | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Middle Luangwa Valley | ||
| Database number: | 88618 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Mueller, R. Butler | Enterer: | T. Liebrecht, R. Butler |
| Modifier: | R. Butler | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-04-16 19:01:39 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-04-16 19:01:39 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 29730. | G. M. King and I. Jenkins. 1997. The Dicynodont Lystrosaurus from the Upper Permian of Zambia: Evolutionary and Stratigraphical Implications. Palaeontology 40(1):149-156 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht/T. Liebrecht] |
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] |