Name
Mambawakale (crocodile ancient).
Phonetic
Mam-bah-wah-kah-le.
Named By
Richard J. Butler, Vincent Fernandez, Sterling J. Nesbitt, Jo�o Vasco Leite & David J. Gower - 2022.
Classification
Chordata, Reptilia, Pseudosuchia, Paracrocodylomorpha.
Diet
Carnivore.
Species
M. ruhuhu
Size
Skull estimated at 75 centimetres long.
Known locations
Tanzania - Manda Formation.
Time Period
Mid-Late Triassic.
Fossil representation
Partial skull and some post cranial skeletal remains.
Mambawakale is a genus of paracrocodylomorph that lived during the Triassic.
- A new pseudosuchian archosaur, Mambawakale ruhuhu gen. et sp. nov., from the Middle Triassic Manda Beds of Tanzania. - The Royal Society. 9 (2). - Richard J. Butler, Vincent Fernandez, Sterling J. Nesbitt, Jo�o Vasco Leite & David J. Gower - 2022.
