Tung-Hsaio-Lung-Kou, Jimusar (Triassic of China)

Also known as Jimsar

Where: Xinjiang, China (44.0° N, 89.7° E: paleocoordinates 41.7° N, 89.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lystrosaurus other zone, Jiucaiyuan Formation (Cangfanggou Group), Induan (252.2 - 251.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 1963; reposited in the IVPP

Primary reference: A. L. Sun. 1964. [Preliminary report of a new species of Lystrosaurus of Sinkiang]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 8(2):216-217 [H. Sims/J. Camp/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 112284: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 07.07.2011

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Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Dicynodontia - Lystrosauridae
Lystrosaurus youngi n. sp. Sun 1964 dicynodont
IVPP V 8532