Shihpi, 5522, Wuhsiang-YĆ¼she area (Triassic of China)

Also known as 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: Upper Member (Ermaying Formation), Anisian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

• Upper Ermaying Formation has generally been considered to be of Anisian age based upon vertebrate biostratigraphy

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the IVPP

Primary reference: C.-C. Young. 1937. On the Triassic dicynodonts from Shansi. Bulletin of the Geological Society of China 17(3-4):393-411 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/R. Butler]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 143471: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 24.04.2013

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Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Dicynodontia - Kannemeyeriidae
Sinokannemeyeria pearsoni n. gen. n. sp. Young 1937 dicynodont
Holotype cranial and postcranial material.