Where: Xinjiang, China (44.2° N, 88.0° E: paleocoordinates 47.2° N, 85.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Kelamayi Formation, Middle Triassic (247.2 - 237.0 Ma)
• Formation also known as Karamay Formation. Lower part of formation of Middle Triassic age.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the IVPP
Collection methods: quarrying
Primary reference: A. Sun. 1978. [On occurrence of Parakannemeyeria in Sinkiang]. Memoirs of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Academia Sinica 13:47-54 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 143379: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 23.04.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Parakannemeyeria brevirostris n. sp." = Xiyukannemeyeria brevirostris
"Parakannemeyeria brevirostris n. sp." = Xiyukannemeyeria brevirostris Sun 1978 dicynodont IVPP V4457, skull with lower jaws, humerus, radius and ulna (holotype). IVPP V 4458, block containing remains of nine individuals (paratype)
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