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Genus: Kababisha EVANS, MILNER & WERNER, 1996
Etymology: The generic name Kababisha refers to the nomadic people, the Kababish, who occupy the Northern region of Sudan.

Species: sudanensis EVANS, MILNER & WERNER, 1996
Etymology: The specific epithet relates to Humar Hill (549m) which is situated 25 km southeast of the vertebrate-bearing locality, Sudan.

Holotype: TUB-SFB-69

Locality: Wadi Abu Hashim, c. 200 km north-west of Khartoum, Map reference: 31°8-7’E, 16°41-7’N, Sudan.

Horizon: Wadi Abu Hashim member, Wadi Milk Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Cenomanian Stage, upper Galic subepoch, Lower Gulf Epoch, Middle Cretaceous.

Material: An atlas centrum.

Paratypes.

Vb-782: Left dentary.

Vb-788: Fused basicranial-exoccipital element.

Vb-800: Atlas vertebra.

Vb-802, 803, 813: Trunk vertebrae.

Vb-806: Trunk neural arch.

Referred material:

Vb-783, 785, 786: Posterior regions of right dentaries.

Vb-784: Middle region of a small left dentary.

Vb-787: Left premaxilla.

Vb-789-Vb-798: Fused basicranial-exoccipital elements.

Vb-792, 794, 795, 796: Atlas vertebrae.

Vb-804: Large trunk vertebra.

Vb-807: Trunk vertebrae.

In addition, there are further uncatalouged specimen of most elements in the collections of the TUB-SFB-69.

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Species: humarensis EVANS, MILNER & WERNER, 1996
Etymology: In reference to Humar Hill (549 m) which is situated 25 km south-east of the vertebrate bearing loclaity, Sudan, the country of origin.