Lugou (Permian of China)

Also known as Sunan

Where: Gansu, China (39.3° N, 98.6° E: paleocoordinates 36.8° N, 79.2° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Sunan Formation, Lopingian (259.9 - 252.2 Ma)

• Locality from the Sunan formation, Upper Permian. Kammerer et al., 2011, indicate that this locality pertains to the Guaodikeng formation instead.

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 175564: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Juan Benito Moreno on 14.12.2015

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Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Dicynodontia -
"Dicynodon sunanensis n. sp." = Turfanodon bogdaensis
"Dicynodon sunanensis n. sp." = Turfanodon bogdaensis Sun 1973 dicynodont
IGCAGS V296, a well preserved skull