Taoshuyuangou, upper Goudikeng Fm (Triassic of China)

Where: Xinjiang, China (42.9° N, 89.2° E: paleocoordinates 34.7° N, 80.7° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• Uppermost part of the Guodikeng 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

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 143485: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 24.04.2013

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Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Dicynodontia - Lystrosauridae
Lystrosaurus hedini Young 1935 dicynodont
IVPP V 13462