Manda Formation
Taxon Member Notes
Aleodon brachyrhamphus Lifua Member A possible chiniquodontid
Cricodon metabolus Lifua Member A trirachodontid
Cynognathus crateronotus Lifua Member A cynognathid
Diademodon tetragonas Lifua Member A diademodontid
Scalenodon angustifrons Lifua Member A traversodontid
Scalenodon attridgei Lifua Member A traversodontid ; may fall outside the genus Scalenodon and may be a synonym of Scalenodon charigi
Scalenodon charigi Lifua Member A traversodontid ; may fall outside the genus Scalenodon
Mandagomphodon hirschoni Lifua Member A traversodontid ; originally classified in the genus Scalenodon ; named after the Manda Beds
Paleobiota -- Tetrapods
Dicynodonts [ edit ] Cynodonts [ edit ]
The Manda Formation (also known as the Manda Beds) is a Middle Triassic geologic formation in Tanzania. It preserves fossils of many terrestrial vertebrates from the Triassic, including some of the earliest archosaurs.