Name: Katumbia.
Phonetic: Kat-um-be-ah.
Named By: K. D. Angielczyk - 2007.
Synonyms: Cryptocynodon parringtoni.
Classification: Chordata, Synapsida,
Therapsida, Dicynodontia.
Species: K. parringtoni
(type).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Tanzania.
Time period: Changhsingian of the Permian.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.
Katumbia is a genus of dicynodont that lived in Tanzania during the Permian.
Further reading
- New specimens of the Tanzanian dicynodont "Cryptocynodon
parringtoni" von Huene, 1942 (Therapsida,
Anomodontia),
with an expanded analysis of Permian dicynodont phylogeny. -
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(1):116-131. - K. D.
Angielczyk - 2007.