B32, Usili mountain, Ngaka - Kingori Hill Area, Ruhuhu Valley: Wuchiapingian, Tanzania
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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cf. Rachiocephalus sp.
(Broom 1937)
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Boonstra 1953 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| original and current combination Rhachiocephalus | ||||||||||
| SAM 11708, piece of intertemporal region | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Pareiasauria indet.
(Seeley 1888)
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Haughton 1932 | |||||||||
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unclassified
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Gorgonopsia indet.
Seeley 1894
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Haughton 1932 | |||||||||
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Gorgonopidae
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Tangagorgon tenuirostris n. gen., n. sp.
Boonstra 1953
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Boonstra 1953 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| recombined as Lycaenops tenuirostris | ||||||||||
| SAM 11744 (holotype), partial skull | ||||||||||
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Anomodontia
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Dicynodon huenei
(Haughton 1932)
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Kammerer et al. 2011 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| Left maxilla and lower jaw tip, originally identified as "Dicynodon tealei", cited as "Dicynodon huenei" by Kammerer et al., 2011 | ||||||||||
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= Dicynodon angielczyki
Kammerer 2019
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Kammerer 2019 | |||||||||
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Dicynodon roberti
Boonstra 1938
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Boonstra 1953 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| synonym of Syops vanhoepeni | ||||||||||
| SAM 11706, piece of intertemporal region | ||||||||||
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Endothiodon cf. bathystoma
Owen
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Haughton 1932 | |||||||||
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Pachytegos stockleyi n. gen., n. sp.
Haughton 1932
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Haughton 1932 | |||||||||
| synonym of Endothiodon bathystoma | ||||||||||
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Anomodontia
- Cryptodontidae
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Dicynodon tealei n. sp.
Haughton 1932
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Haughton 1932 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Rhachiocephalidae | ||||||||||
| SAM-PK-10631, a fragment of skull roof surrounding the pinneal foramen | ||||||||||
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Neomegacyclops cyclops n. sp.
Boonstra 1953
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Boonstra 1953 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| synonym of Rhachiocephalus magnus | ||||||||||
| SAM 11707, portion of a pineal area of skull | ||||||||||
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Megacyclops usiliensis n. sp.
von Huene 1942
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von Huene 1942 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| synonym of Rhachiocephalus magnus | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Tanzania | State/province: | Ruvuma | County: | Songea |
| Coordinates: | 10.3° South, 35.1° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 55.1° South, 15.2° 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: | 259.51000 - 254.14000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 178128 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler, P. Wagner, A. Dunhill | Enterer: | J. Benito Moreno, B. Allen, R. Butler, P. Wagner |
| Modifier: | R. Butler | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-04-20 11:21:47 | Last modified: | 2017-12-05 06:13:59 |
| Access level: | database members | Released: | 2018-04-20 11:21:47 |
| 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:
| 59882 | L. D. Boonstra. 1953. A report on a collection of fossil reptilian bones from Tanganyika Territory. Annals of the South African Museum 42:5-18 [R. Butler/J. Benito Moreno] | |
| 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] | |
| 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] | |
| 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] |