B4, Katumbi Vawili (Lower Bonebed K6): Wuchiapingian, Tanzania

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Amphibia - Temnospondyli
Peltobatrachus pustulatus n. gen., n. sp. Panchen 1959
Panchen 1959 3 individuals
A35
Anomodontia - Cryptodontidae
Megacyclops rugosus n. sp. Haughton 1932
Haughton 1932 1 individual
synonym of Rhachiocephalus magnus
SAM 10637, a partial skull and lower jaw
Anomodontia
Katumbia parringtoni (von Huene 1942)
Angielczyk 2007 1 individual
UMZC T761, an incomplete skull
Therocephalia - Whaitsiidae
Theriognathus microps Owen 1876
Huttenlocker and Abdala 2015
UMCZ T901
Gorgonopidae
Sycosaurus nowacki
Kammerer 2016 1 individual
UMZC T878
Dinogorgon rubidgei Broom 1936
Kammerer 2016 1 individual
UMZC T880, isolated snout and lower jaw
Ruhuhucerberus haughtoni (Huene 1950)
Kammerer 2016 1 individual
UMZC T881, fragmentary skull
Ruhuhucerberus terror n. sp. Maisch 2002
Kammerer 2016 1 individual
synonym of Ruhuhucerberus haughtoni
UMZC T891 (holotype), well-preserved skull
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:259.90000 - 254.17000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Songea Formation:Usili
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: "Lower Bone Bed [K6]" - now recognised as part of the Usili Formation
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, G. Lloyd, A. Dunhill Enterer:J. Benito Moreno, R. Butler, B. Allen, G. Lloyd
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]