Katumbia Explained

Katumbia (named for the Katumbi Viwili locality) is a genus of dicynodont from Late Permian (Changhsingian) Kawinga Formation of the Ruhuhu Basin, Tanzania. and possibly the Upper Madumabisa Mudstone Formation of the Luangwa Basin, Zambia.^[1] The type species, K. parringtoni, was originally referred to the genus Cryptocynodon, which is now recognized as a junior synonym of Endothiodon.^[2]

A mandible of Katumbia has been recovered as stomach content of the gorgonopsid ?Sauroctonus parringtoni, indicating that the latter preyed on this dicynodont.Maisch. Michael W.. 2009. The small dicynodont Katumbia parringtoni (von Huene, 1942) (Therapsida: Dicynodontia) from the Upper Permian Kawinga Formation of Tanzania as gorgonopsian prey. Palaeodiversity. 2. 279–282.

Notes and References

1. Book: 10.1007/978-94-007-6841-3_7 . Permian and Triassic Dicynodont (Therapsida: Anomodontia) Faunas of the Luangwa Basin, Zambia: Taxonomic Update and Implications for Dicynodont Biogeography and Biostratigraphy . Early Evolutionary History of the Synapsida . Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology . 2014 . Angielczyk . Kenneth D. . Steyer . Jean-Sébastien . Sidor . Christian A. . Smith . Roger M. H. . Whatley . Robin L. . Tolan . Stephen . 93–138 . 978-94-007-6840-6 . https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02107892 .
2. Angielczyk, K.D.. 2007. 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. 2. 116–131. 10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[116:NSOTTD]2.0.CO;2. 86308349 .