''Katumbia'' (named for the Katumbi Viwili locality) is a

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dicynodont Dicynodontia is an extinct clade of anomodonts, an extinct type of non-mammalian therapsid. Dicynodonts were herbivores that typically bore a pair of tusks, hence their name, which means 'two dog tooth'. Members of the group possessed a horny, t ...

from

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Changhsingian In the geologic time scale, the Changhsingian or Changxingian is the latest age or uppermost stage of the Permian. It is also the upper or latest of two subdivisions of the Lopingian Epoch or Series. The Changhsingian lasted from to 251.9 Ma a ...

) Kawinga Formation of the Ruhuhu Basin,

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. and possibly the Upper Madumabisa Mudstone Formation of the Luangwa Basin,

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. The type species, ''K. parringtoni'', was originally referred to the genus ''Cryptocynodon'', which is now recognized as a junior synonym of ''

Endothiodon ''Endothiodon'' (/ɛndoʊθiːoʊdɔːn/ "inner tooth" from Greek endothi (ἔνδοθῐ), "within", and odon (ὀδών), "tooth", most likely named for the characteristic of the teeth being placed internally to the maxilla) is an extinct genus ...

''. A mandible of ''Katumbia'' has been recovered as stomach content of the gorgonopsid '' ?Sauroctonus parringtoni'', indicating that the latter preyed on this dicynodont.

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Bidentalia Lopingian synapsids of Africa Fossil taxa described in 2007 Anomodont genera {{anomodont-stub