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Aenigmastropheus

Aenigmastropheus

Aenigmastropheus is an extinctgenus of early archosauromorphreptiles known from the middle Late PermianUsili Formation of Songea District, southern Tanzania. It contains a single species, Aenigmastropheus parringtoni, known solely from UMZC T836, a partial postcranialskeleton of a mature individual. It was collected in 1933, and first described in 1956, as a "problematic reptile" due to its unique morphology. Therefore, a binomial name was erected for this specimen in 2014. Aenigmastropheus was probably fully terrestrial.