MALAWI

CHIWETA BEDS

WESTERN SHORE OF LAKE MALAWI

MOUNT WALLER AREA

CHIWETA BEDS

EQUIVALENT TO THE CISTECEPHALUS ZONE

WUCHIAPINGIAN STAGE

TATARIAN AGE

LOPINGIAN SUBEPOCH

ZECHSTEIN EPOCH

LATE PERMIAN

STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930

SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866

CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768

SUBCLASS: SYNAPSIDA OSBORN, 1903

SUPERORDER: THERASPID BROOM, 1905

GRANDORDER: EUTHERAPSIDA

MICRORDER: NEOTHERAPSIDA

ORDER: ANOMODONTIA WATSON & ROMER, 1956

ORDER: ANOMODONTIA WATSON & ROMER, 1956

INFRAORDER: DICYNODONTIA OWEN, 1860

Superfamily: DIICTODONTIA Cluver & King, 1983

Family: EMYDOPOIDEA Cluver & King, 1983

Subfamily: CISTEOCEPHALINAE Haughton & Brink, 1954 (sensu Cluver & King, 1983)

*Kembawacela yajuwayeyi

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MALAWI

CHIWETA BEDS

LOWER BONE BED (B1)

CORRELATES WITH THE CISTECEPHALUS ZONE

TATARIAN AGE

LOPINGIAN SUBEPOCH

ZECHSTEIN EPOCH

LATE PERMIAN

STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930

SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866

CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768

SUBCLASS: SYNAPSIDA OSBORN, 1903

SUPERORDER: THERASPIDA BROOM, 1905

GRANDORDER: EUTHERAPSIDA

MICRORDER: NEOTHERAPSIDA

ORDER: THERIODONTIA OWEN, 1881

SUBORDER: GORGONOPIA SEELEY, 1895

INFRAORDER: ESTEMMENOSUCHOIDEA IVENKNENKOV, 2003

SUPERFAMILY: BURNETIOIDEA BROOM, 1923

FAMILY: BURNETIIDAE BROOM, 1923

SUBFAMILY: BURNETIINAE BROOM, 1923

*Lende chiweta


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MALAWI

CHIWETA BEDS

CISTECEPHALUS ZONE

TATARIAN AGE

LOPINGIAN SUBEPOCH

ZECHSTEIN EPOCH

LATE PERMIAN

STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930

SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866

CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768

SUBCLASS: SYNAPSIDA OSBORN, 1903

SUPERORDER: THERASPID BROOM, 1905

GRANDORDER: EUTHERAPSIDA

MICRORDER: NEOTHERAPSIDA

ORDER: ANOMODONTIA WATSON & ROMER, 1956

INFRAORDER: DICYNODONTIA OWEN, 1860

Superfamily: PRISTERODONTIA Cluver & King, 1983

Family: DICYNODONTOIDAE Owen, 1859

Subfamily: CRYPTODONTINAE Owen, 1859

Tribe: OUDENODONTINI Broom, 1935 (sensu Cluver & King, 1983)

Oudenodon baini

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NORTHERN MALAWI

NEAR CHIWETA

CISTECEPHALUS ZONE

TATARIAN AGE

LOPINGIAN SUBEPOCH

ZECHSTEIN EPOCH

LATE PERMIAN

STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930

SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866

CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768

SUBCLASS: SYNAPSIDA OSBORN, 1903

SUPERORDER: THERASPID BROOM, 1905

GRANDORDER: EUTHERAPSIDA

MICRORDER: NEOTHERAPSIDA

ORDER: ANOMODONTIA WATSON & ROMER, 1956

INFRAORDER: DICYNODONTIA OWEN, 1860

Superfamily: PRISTERODONTIA Cluver & King, 1983

Family: DICYNODONTOIDAE Owen, 1859

Subfamily: CRYPTODONTINAE Owen, 1859

Tribe: OUDENODONTINI Broom, 1935 (sensu Cluver & King, 1983)

Oudenodon sp

ORDER: THERIODONTIA OWEN, 1881

SUBORDER: GORGONOPIA SEELEY, 1895

INFRAORDER: ESTEMMENOSUCHOIDEA IVENKNENKOV, 2003

Superfamily: BURNETIOIDEA Broom, 1923

Family: BURNETIIDAE Broom, 1923

Subfamily: BURNETIINAE Broom, 1923

Genus: Nova


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MALAWI (WAS NYASALAND, SOUTHERN AFRICA)

MOUNT WALLER

CHIWETA EDS

LATEST CISTECPHALUS ZONE

TATARIAN AGE

LOPINGIAN SUBEPOCH

ZECHSTEIN EPOCH

LATE PERMIAN

STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930

SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866

CLASS: AMPHIBIA LINNAEUS, 1758

SUBCLASS: LABYRINTHODONTIA OWEN, 1860

SUPERORDER: TEMNOSPONDYLIA ZITTEL, 1887

MICROORDER: LIMNARCHIA YATES & WARREN, 2000

ORDER: STEREOSPONDYLOMORPHA YATES & WARREN, 2000

SUBORDER: RHINESUCHOIDEA ROMER, 1947

Family: RHINESUCHIDAE Watson, 1919

*Rhineceps nyasaensis
= Rhinesuchus nyasaensis

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EAST AFRICA

MALAWI

NYAASSALAND

CHIWETA

B2 BED

HORIZON EQUIVALENT TO THE ENDOTHIODON ZONE

TATARIAN AGE

LOPINGIAN SUBEPOCH

ZECHSTEIN EPOCH

LATE PERMIAN

STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930

SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866

CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768

SUBCLASS: SYNAPSIDA OSBORN, 1903

SUPERORDER: THERASPIDA BROOM, 1905

GRANDORDER: EUTHERAPSIDA

MICRORDER: NEOTHERAPSIDA

ORDER: THERIODONTIA OWEN, 1881

SUBORDER: GORGONOPIA SEELEY, 1895

Superfamily: GORGONOPIOIDEA Lydekker, 1890

Family: GORGONOPIDAE Lydekker, 1890

Subfamily: GORGONOPSINAE Sigogneau, 1970

*Gorgonops dixeyi
= Chiwetasaurus dixeyi

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EAST AFRICA

MALAWI

CHIWETA

UPPER BONE BED

EQUAL TO THE CISTECEPHALUS ZONE

TATARIAN AGE

LOPINGIAN SUBEPOCH

ZECHSTEIN EPOCH

LATE PERMIAN

STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930

SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866

CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768

SUBCLASS: SYNAPSIDA OSBORN, 1903

SUPERORDER: THERASPIDA BROOM, 1905

GRANDORDER: EUTHERAPSIDA

MICRORDER: NEOTHERAPSIDA

ORDER: THERIODONTIA OWEN, 1881

SUBORDER: GORGONOPIA SEELEY, 1895

Superfamily: GORGONOPIOIDEA Lydekker, 1890

Family: GORGONOPIDAE Lydekker, 1890

Subfamily: RUBIDGEINAE Broom, 1938

*Aelurognathus quadrata
= Dixeya quadrata
*Aelurognathus nyassaensis

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MALAWI (WAS NYASALAND, SOUTHERN AFRICA)

NYASALAND

NW LAKE MALAWI

KARONGA DISTRICT

SAUROPOD-BEARING BEDS OF MWAKASYUNGUTI

LUPATA GROUP

EARLY CRETACEOUS

STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930

SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866

CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768

SUBCLASS: CHELONOMORPHA KUHN, 1960

SUPERCOHORT: TESTUDINES LINNAEUS, 1758

COHORT: CASICHELYDIA emend GAFFNEY & MEYLAN, 1988

MAGNORDER: PLEURODIRA GAFFNEY & MEYLAN, 1988

ORDER: PLEURODIRIDA COPE, 1864

Family: PLATYCHELYIDAE Bram, 1965

*Platycheloides nyasae

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NORTHERN MALAWI

KOUM BASIN OF CAMEROON

EARLY CRETACEOUS

STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930

SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866

CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768

SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1903

SUPERLEGION: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985

LEGION: ARCHOSAUROMORPHA HUENE, 1946

SUPERCOHORT: CRUROTARSI SERENO & ARCUCCI, 1990

COHORT: CROCODYLOTARSI BENTON & CLARK, 1988

MAGNORDER: SUCHIA KREBS, 1974

SUPERORDER: CROCODYLOMORPHA WALKER, 1968

GRANDORDER: CROCODILIFORMES HAY, 1930

MICRORDER: MESOEUROCROCODYLIA WHETSTONE & WHYBROW, 1983

ORDER: EUSUCHIA emend HUXLEY, 1875

INFRAORDER: CROCODYLIA emend GMELIN, 1877

Incertae sedis

Gen. sp indet.