The first biarmosuchian from the upper Madumabisa Mudstone Formation (Luangwa Basin) of Zambia

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dc.contributor.authorSidor, Christian A
dc.date.accessioned2015-04-01T12:29:03Z
dc.date.available2015-04-01T12:29:03Z
dc.date.issued2015-04-01
dc.description.abstractThis contribution reports the first occurrence of a biarmosuchian therapsid from the upper Madumabisa Mudstone Formation of the Luangwa Basin of northeastern Zambia. Although incomplete, the fossil preserves diagnostic features of post-Biarmosuchus biarmosuchians, such as the presence of a preparietal bone and parasagittal ridges on the basicranial rami of the pterygoids, that allow its unambiguous referral to this group. Based primarily on the record of dicynodonts, the upper Madumabisa Mudstone assemblage can be correlated with the Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone of South Africa. During this interval, the tetrapod faunas of the Karoo and Luangwa basins were remarkably similar and likely characterized by frequent biotic interchange.en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipNational Geographic Society grant 8571-08 and 8962-11 The Grainger Foundation and Field Museum/IDP Foundation, Inc. African Partners Program National Science Foundation (EAR-1337569, EAR-1337291, EAR-1336986)en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2410-4418
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10539/17373
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.subjectBiarmosuchiaen_ZA
dc.subjectCistecephalus Assemblage Zoneen_ZA
dc.subjectMadumabisa Mudstone Formationen_ZA
dc.subjectLuangwa Basinen_ZA
dc.subjectZambiaen_ZA
dc.titleThe first biarmosuchian from the upper Madumabisa Mudstone Formation (Luangwa Basin) of Zambiaen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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