Taoshuyuanzi (Permian of China)

Also known as Taoshuyuangou

Where: Xinjiang, China (42.9° N, 89.2° E: paleocoordinates 34.1° N, 80.9° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

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.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A.-l. Sun. 1973. [Permo-Triassic dicynodonts from Turfan, Sinkiang]. Reports of Paleontological Expedition to Sinkiang (I): Permo-Triassic Vertebrate Fossils of Turfan Basin. Memoirs of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology Academia Sinica 10:53-68 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 178201: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Juan Benito Moreno on 26.04.2016, edited by Bethany Allen

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Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Dicynodontia - Lystrosauridae
"Lystrosaurus robustus n. sp." = Lystrosaurus robustus, "Lystrosaurus latifrons n. sp." = Lystrosaurus robustus
"Lystrosaurus robustus n. sp." = Lystrosaurus robustus Sun 1973 dicynodont
IVPP V3243 (holotype), IVPP V3246, both skulls with lower jaws
"Lystrosaurus latifrons n. sp." = Lystrosaurus robustus Sun 1973 dicynodont
IVPP V3244 (holotype), IVPP V3247, both fragmentary skulls
 Dicynodontia -
"Jimusaria taoshuyuanensis n. sp." = Jimusaria sinkianensis
"Jimusaria taoshuyuanensis n. sp." = Jimusaria sinkianensis Yuan and Young 1934 dicynodont
IVPP V 3240.1, 3230.2, two anterior parts of skulls, IVPP V 3240.3, a well preserved ventral surface of skull