Abiy Addi: Late Triassic - Middle Jurassic, Ethiopia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
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Abiadisaurus witteni n. gen., n. sp.
Warren et al. 1998
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| UCMP 154459 (holotype), partial right mandible | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Ethiopia | State/province: | Tigray |
| Coordinates: | 13.6° North, 39.0° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 5.5° South, 38.7° East (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Triassic - Jurassic | Epoch: | Late Triassic - Middle Jurassic |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 3-4 - Jurassic 3-5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Late Triassic - Middle Jurassic | ||
| Age range of interval: | 237 - 161.5 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Adigrat Sandstone |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Abi Adi | ||
| Database number: | 197720 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Dunhill | Enterer: | B. Allen |
| Created: | 2018-11-23 06:40:46 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-11-23 06:40:46 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 30410. | R. J. Damiani. 2001. A systematic revision and phylogenetic analysis of Triassic mastodonsauroids (Temnospondyli: Stereospondyli). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 133(4):379-482 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht] |