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Lystrosaurus broomi

Anomodontia - Lystrosauridae

Taxonomy
Lystrosaurus broomi was named by Young (1939). Its type specimen is IVPP RV 39060, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Fuyuan, S. Santai, Talungkou, which is in an Induan terrestrial claystone in the Jiucaiyuan Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Lystrosaurus broomi Yuan and Young
1939Lystrosaurus broomi Young p. 113
2008Lystrosaurus broomi Li and Sun p. 389

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
orderAnomodontiaOwen 1859
orderDicynodontia()
—DicynodontoideaCluver and King 1983
familyLystrosauridae
genusLystrosaurusCope 1870
speciesbroomi

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Lystrosaurus broomi Young 1939
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available