Zambiasaurus

Zambiasaurus
Temporal range: Middle Triassic
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Suborder: Anomodontia
Clade: Dicynodontia
Family: Stahleckeriidae
Subfamily: Placeriinae
Genus: Zambiasaurus
Cox, 1969
Species:
Z. submersus
Binomial name
Zambiasaurus submersus
Cox, 1969

Zambiasaurus[1] is an extinct genus of dicynodonts that was discovered in the Middle Triassic (Anisian) Ntawere Formation of Zambia, southern Africa. It was a large dicynodont, reconstructed using several fossil fragments, in majority belonging to probably a juvenile Zambiasaurus submersus.

Zambiasaurus submersus[2] is the type species of the genus Zambiasaurus. It is a stahleckeriid, the first stahleckeriid known outside South America, and it is also the oldest known stahleckeriid.[3]

  1. ^ "Zambiasaurus". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Zambiasaurus submersus". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  3. ^ Cox, Christopher (1969). Two new Dicynodonts from the Triassic Ntawere Formation, Zambia. British Museum (Natural History). pp. 257–286.