Where: Northern, Malawi (10.3° S, 34.0° E: paleocoordinates 31.9° S, 15.2° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Dinosaur Beds Formation (Lupata Group), Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; red sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by F. Dixey, A. Holt in 1924
Primary reference: F. Dixey. 1925. The discovery of fossil reptiles. Annual Report of the Geological Survey Department for the Year 1924, Nyasaland Protectorate 1924:7 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 89853: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 16.06.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Reptilia | |
Platycheloides nyasae n. gen. n. sp.
Platycheloides nyasae n. gen. n. sp. Haughton 1928 sideneck turtle | |
Sauropoda indet., "Gigantosaurus dixeyi n. sp." = Malawisaurus dixeyi
"Gigantosaurus dixeyi n. sp." = Malawisaurus dixeyi Haughton 1928 sauropod | |