B1, Kawinga Gap (Lower Bone Bed, K6): Wuchiapingian, Tanzania
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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? Cotylosauria indet.
Cope 1880
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| fragments of skulls | ||||||||||
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Anomodontia
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Dicynodon sp.
Owen 1845
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| various small forms, many fragments | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Gorgonopsia indet.
Seeley 1894
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| small skull (incomplete occ and parietal region) | ||||||||||
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Equisetopsida
- Araucariaceae
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Dadoxylon sp.
Endlicher 1847
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Stockley 1932 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Tanzania | State/province: | Ruvuma | County: | Songea |
| Coordinates: | 10.2° South, 35.2° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 55.0° South, 15.4° 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: | "cross stratification",coarse sandstone |
| Secondary lithology: | concretionary,gray,green mudstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: General notes from Stockley (1932): K6, Lower Bone Bed. Thick-bedded, coarse, gritty, current-bedded sandstone often containing reptilian bones, and marls or greenish and grey mudstones with several seams of nodular limestone, also frequently containing fossil bones. Also fossil wood (Dadoxylon). | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,concretion |
| Degree of concentration: | concentrated |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated minor elements: | many |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some microfossils |
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Ruhuhu Coalfields, Songea District, Survey No. S246, Karroo, Karoo | ||
| Database number: | 38064 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Whatley | Enterer: | R. Whatley |
| Modifier: | R. Butler | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-04-06 13:26:21 | Last modified: | 2017-12-05 05:43:10 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-04-06 13:26:21 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 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] |
Secondary references:
| 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] |