Tanzania

• Ruhuhu Valley, Tanzania (eq. to Cistecephalus zone), Upper Permian (Wuchiapingian)
  • Tangasaurus mennelli (Eosuchia Tangasauridae)
  • Kingoria nowacki (Therapsid Dicynodonta Diictodonta Kingoriidae) Tanzania
  • Sycosaurus kingoriensis (Therapsid Gorgonopsida Gorgonopsidae Rubidgeinae) Tanzania
  • Sauroctonus parringtoni (Therapsid Gorgonopsida Gorgonopsidae)
• Manda Beds Formation, Tanzania, Middle Triassic (Anisian)
  • Asilisaurus kongwe (Dinosauriformes Silesauridae)
• Middle Saurian Bed Formation, Tendaguru Group, Tanzania, Upper Jurassic (Upper Kimmeridgian)
  • Tendaguripterus recki (Pterosauria ?Pterodactyloidea)
  • Kentrosaurus aethiopicus (Stegosauria Kentrosauridae)
  • Dryosaurus lettowvorbecki (Ornithopoda Iguanodontia Dryosauridae)
  • Dicraeosaurus hansemanni (Sauropoda Dicraeosauridae)
  • Giraffatitan brancai (Sauropoda Macronaria Brachiosauridae)
  • Elaphrosaurus bambergi (Theropoda Ceratosauria)
  • Allosaurus tendagurensis (Theropoda Carnosauria Allosauridae)
• Upper Saurian Bed formation, Tendaguru Group, Tanzania, Upper Jurassic (Lower Tithonian)
  • Dicraeosaurus sattleri (Sauropoda Diplodocoidea Dicraeosauridae)
  • Australodocus bohetii (Sauropoda Diplodocoidea Diplodocidae)
  • Tornieria africana (Sauropoda Diplodocoidea Diplodocidae)
  • Tornieria gracilis (Sauropoda Diplodocoidea Diplodocidae)
  • Janenschia robusta (Sauropoda Macronaria Titanosauria)
• Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, Plio-Pleistocene
  • Crocodylus anthropophagus (Crocodylomorpha Eusuchia Crocodylia Crocodylidae)

Kingoria nowacki

Name

Kingoria nowacki

Authority

(von Huene, 1942) Cox, 1959

Meaning of generic name

From the village of Kingori

Meaning of specific name

In honor of geologist E. Nowack

Size

Skull length: 15 cm Body Length: 60 cm

Remains

Several skulls and postcranial elements.

Age and Distribution

Horizon: Lower Bone-Bearing Series, Upper Permian (equivalent to Cistecephalus zone).

Locality: Ruhuhu Valley, Tanzania.

Classification

Anomonodontia Dicynodontia Diictodontia Kingoriidae

Further Reading

Cox, C. B., 1959. On the anatomy of a new dicynodont genus with evidence of the position of the tympanum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 132: 32 1-367.

Synonyms

Dicynodon nowacki von Huene, 1942

Sycosaurus

The genus Sycosaurus contains at least three species, S. laticeps (the type species) from South Africa, S. kingoriensis and S. terror from Tanzania.

I

Name

Sycosaurus laticeps

Authority

Haughton, 1924

Meaning of generic name

Fig lizard

Size

Length: 1.2 m, Skull length: 24 cm.

Remains

Holotype (SAM 4022):

Referred specimens: BPI 126

Age and Distribution

Horizon: Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone, Beaufort Group, Upper Permian (Wuchiapingian).

Locality: South Africa.

Classification

Synapsida Therapsida Gorgonopsia Gorgonopsidae Rubidgeinae

Further Reading

Haughton, S. H., 1924, On some Gorgonopsian skulls in the collection of the South African Museum: Annals of the South African Museum, v. 12, p. 499-517.

Sigogneau, D., 1970. Revision Systematique des Gorgonopsiens Sud-Africains: Cahiers de Paleontologie, 414pp.

Gebauer E., 2007. Phylogeny and Evolution of the Gorgonopsia with a Special Reference to the Skull and Skeleton of GPIT/RE/7113, doctoral dissertation.

Synonyms

Leontosaurus vanderhorsti Broom & George, 1950, Sycosaurus vanderhorsti Sigogneau,1970

II

Name

Sycosaurus kingoriensis

Authority

von Huene, 1950

Size

Length: 2.5 m, Skull length: 34 cm

Remains

Holotype (GPIT/RE/7116): skull

Referred specimens: GPIT/RE/7117 (skull)

Age and Distribution

Horizon: Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone, Beaufort Group, Upper Permian (Wuchiapingian).

Locality: Ruhuhu Valley, Tanzania.

[a: is there not such a thing as localities, in plural?, b: Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone of Beaufort Group, Karoo Supergroup is a locality too!]

Further Reading

Huene, F. von, 1950, Die Theriodontier der ostafrikanischen Ruhuhu-Gebietes in der Tubinger Sammlung: Neües Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie, Abhandlungen, v. 82, part 1, p. 47-136.

Sigogneau, D., 1970. & Gebauer E., 2007. Ut supra.

Synonyms

Lycaenops kingoriensis von Huene, 1950, Aelurognathus haughtoni von Huene, 1950, Leontocephalus haughtoni (von Huene, 1950) in Sigogneau, 1970

III

Name

Sycosaurus terror

Authority

(Maisch, 2002)

Size

Length: 2 m, Skull length: 30 cm.

Remains

Holotype (MZC 891):

Age and Distribution

Horizon: Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone, Beaufort Group, Upper Permian (Wuchiapingian).

Locality: Ruhuhu Valley, Tanzania.

[c: identic to under S. kingoriensis]

Further Reading

Maisch, M. W., 2002, Observations on Karoo and Gondwana vertebrates: Part 3: notes on the gorgonopsians from the Upper Permian fo Tanzania: Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Monatschefte, 2002, v. 4, p. 237-251.

Sigogneau, D., 1970. & Gebauer E., 2007. Ut supra.

Synonyms

Cephalicustriodus kingoriensis Parrington 1974, Ruhuhucerberus terror Maisch 2002