Z91: Anisian, Tanzania
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Procolophonidae
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Mandaphon nadra n. gen., n. sp.
Tsuji 2018
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Skull and pectoral region, NMT RB167 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Tanzania | State/province: | Ruvuma | County: | Songea |
| Coordinates: | 10.5° South, 34.8° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 40.3° South, 19.9° East (Wright 2013) |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Middle Triassic |
| Stage: | Anisian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Anisian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 246.7 - 241.464 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Songea | Formation: | Manda Beds | Member: | Lifua |
| Stratigraphy comments: See Smith et al. (2018) for stratigraphic section, which includes 13 localities from the same outcrop. | |||||
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: | surface (float),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Mandaphon type locality | ||
| Database number: | 192672 | ||
| Authorizer: | C. Sidor | Enterer: | C. Sidor | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2018-04-15 19:03:26 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-04-15 19:03:26 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 65394. | L. A. Tsuji. 2018. Mandaphon nadra gen. et sp. nov., a new procolophonid from the Manda Beds of Tanzania. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 37(6 (Supp.)):80-87 [C. Sidor/C. Sidor] |