Wangwu, Jiyuan (Triassic of China)

Also known as Wangwushan

Where: Henan, China (35.2° N, 112.2° E: paleocoordinates 36.4° N, 89.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: 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. 1974. [A new traversodontid from Jiyuan, Henan]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 12(3):203-211 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 143312: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 22.04.2013

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Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Therocephalia - Bauriidae
Traversodontoides wangwuensis n. gen. n. sp. Young 1974 therapsid
IVPP V 4068, incomplete skull with some postcranial remains (holotype)