locality Z41 (Ndatira / Njalila): Anisian, Tanzania
collected by Charig, Attridge et al. 1963
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Nundasuchus songeaensis n. gen., n. sp.
Nesbitt et al. 2014
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| NMT RB48 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Tanzania | State/province: | Ruvuma |
| Coordinates: | 10.3° South, 35.2° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 53.8° South, 23.0° East | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Middle Triassic |
| Stage: | Anisian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Anisian | Other zone: | Cynognathus subzone C |
| Age range of interval: | 247.20000 - 242.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Manda Beds | Member: | Lifua |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | mudstone |
| Secondary lithology: | sandstone |
| Environment: | fluvial-lacustrine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Disassociated minor elements: | all |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection,survey of museum collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | Charig, Attridge et al. | Collection dates: | 1963 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Nundasuchus-type locality, Ruhuhu Basin | ||
| Database number: | 194548 | ||
| Authorizer: | G. Lloyd | Enterer: | G. Lloyd |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2018-06-21 16:12:28 | Last modified: | 2019-04-22 15:58:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-06-21 16:12:28 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 66080. | S. J. Nesbitt, C. A. Sidor, K. D. Angielczyk, R. M. H. Smith, and L. A. Tsuji. 2014. A new archosaur from the Manda beds (Anisian, Middle Triassic) of southern Tanzania and its implications for character state optimizations at Archosauria and Pseudosuchia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34(6):1357-1382 [G. Lloyd/G. Lloyd] |