Where: Ruvuma, Tanzania (10.4° S, 35.1° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 49.9° S, 12.7° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Ruhuhu Formation (Songea Group), Capitanian (264.3 - 259.5 Ma)
• middle Permian (possibly Capitanian); middle tetrapod-bearing horizon of the Ruhuhu Formation
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; calcareous mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the BMNH
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: C. B. Cox and K. D. Angielczyk. 2015. A new endothiodont dicynodont (Therapsida, Anomodontia) from the Permian Ruhuhu Formation (Songea Group) of Tanzania and its feeding system. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35(4):e935388 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 190324: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 05.12.2017
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
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