Where: Xinjiang, China (44.0° N, 88.8° E: paleocoordinates 42.1° N, 88.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Guodikeng Formation, Induan (252.2 - 251.2 Ma)

• Discovered within bed "54" of the section across the Dalongkou Anticline. 67 m below the boundary with the overlying Jiucaiyuan Formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: IGCAGS: Institute of Geology of the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing

Primary reference: J. Liu, J.-L. Li, and Z.-W. Cheng. 2002. [The Lystrosaurus fossils from Xinjiang and their bearing on the terrestrial Permian-Triassic boundary]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 40(4):267-275 [R. Butler/R. Butler/R. Butler]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 143481: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 24.04.2013

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