A new mammal from the Turonian–Campanian (Upper Cretaceous) Galula Formation, southwestern Tanzania

A new mammal from the Turonian–Campanian (Upper Cretaceous) Galula Formation, southwestern Tanzania

We here establish a new mammaliaform genus and species, Galulatherium jenkinsi (Mammalia), from the Upper Cretaceous Galula Formation in the Rukwa Rift Basin of southwestern Tanzania. This represents the first named taxon of a mammaliaform from the entire Late Cretaceous of continental Afro-Arabia,...

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Main Authors: Patrick M. O’Connor, David W. Krause, Nancy J. Stevens, Joseph R. Groenke, Ross D.E. MacPhee, Daniela C. Kalthoff, Eric M. Roberts
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Paleobiology PAS 2019-03-01
Series:Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
Subjects:
Mammaliaformes
Mammalia
Gondwanatheria
Galulatherium
Late Cretaceous
Tanzania
Online Access:http://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app64/app005682018.pdf

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