Z183 (Triassic of Tanzania)

Also known as Teleocrater quarry

Where: Ruvuma, Tanzania (10.3° S, 35.2° E: paleocoordinates 53.7° S, 23.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lifua Member (Manda Beds Formation), Anisian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified sandstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: B. M. Wynd, B. R. Peecook, M. R. Whitney and C. A. Sidor. 2018. The first occurrence of Cynognathus crateronotus (Cynodontia: Cynognathia) in Tanzania and Zambia, with implications for the age and biostratigraphic correlation of Triassic strata in southern Pangea. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 37(Sup. 1):228-239 [C. Sidor/C. Sidor]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 192598: authorized by Chris Sidor, entered by Chris Sidor on 13.04.2018

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Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Therapsida -
Cynognathus crateronotus Seeley 1895 cynodont
NMT RB459 and NMT RB557
Reptilia
 Avemetatarsalia -
Teleocrater rhadinus Charig 1967 archosaur