Taoshuyuan (Permian of China)

Where: Xinjiang, China (43.3° N, 88.9° E: paleocoordinates 41.2° N, 88.3° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Guodikeng Formation, Changhsingian (254.2 - 252.2 Ma)

• The Guodikeng Formation crosses the PTB and is Changhsingian to Induan in age. This occurrence is from the Permian part of the formation.

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. Li and A. Sun. 2008. Subclass Synapsida. In J. Li, X. Wu, F, Zhang (eds.), The Chinese Fossil Reptiles and Their Kin 379-417 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 175554: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Juan Benito Moreno on 14.12.2015, edited by Bryan Gee

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Tetrapoda - Bystrowianidae
Bystrowianidae indet.1 Vjushkov 1957 tetrapod
IVPP V26540, four vertebrae, one rib, osteoderms
 Dicynodontia -
Turfanodon bogdaensis n. sp.2 Sun 1973 dicynodont
IVPP V3241, a well preserved partial skull