Peipanching Shihpi 5523, Wuhsiang-YĆ¼she area (Triassic of China)

Also known as Peipangting, Shituo Beipanding, Shibi

Where: Shanxi, China (36.9° N, 112.9° E: paleocoordinates 38.0° N, 90.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Perovkan other zone, upper Member (Ermaying Formation), Anisian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

• Upper Ermaying Formation was referred to the Perovkan LVF of Anisian age by Lucas (2010) based upon vertebrate biostratigraphy

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the IVPP

Primary reference: C.-C. Young. 1959. Note on the first cynodont from the Sinokannemeyeria-faunas in Shansi, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 3(3):124-132 [R. Butler/R. Butler/R. Butler]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 101061: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 16.12.2010

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Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Dicynodontia - Kannemeyeriidae
"Kannemeyeridae indet." = Kannemeyeriidae3
"Kannemeyeridae indet." = Kannemeyeriidae3 Huene 1948 dicynodont
 Dicynodontia - Shansiodontidae
Shansiodon wuhsiangensis n. sp.2 Yeh 1959 dicynodont
IVPP V.2416, complete skull (holotype). IVPP V.2416a, partial skull
 Therapsida - Traversodontidae
Sinognathus gracilis n. gen. n. sp.
Sinognathus gracilis n. gen. n. sp. Young 1959 cynodont
IVPP V 2339 (holotype), skull
Reptilia
 Diapsida - Erythrosuchidae
Shansisuchus shansisuchus4 Young 1964 archosauromorph
 Thecodontia -
Shansisuchus heiyuekouensis4 Young 1964 archosaur
IVPP V.2516, isolated vertebrae, distal humerus, proximal and distal right femur
 Diapsida -
Wangisuchus tzeyii4 Young 1964 archosauromorph
IVPP V.2706, teeth and limb elements
Amphibia
 Temnospondyli -
Capitosauroidea indet.1 tetrapod
IVPP V.2710, left clavicle