Shichanggou, Jimsar (Triassic of China)

Where: Xinjiang, China (44.0° N, 89.7° E: paleocoordinates 41.7° N, 89.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lystrosaurus other zone, Jiucaiyuan Formation (Cangfanggou Group), Induan (252.2 - 251.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; siliciclastic sediments

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 196534: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 20.09.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Dicynodontia - Lystrosauridae
Lystrosaurus shichanggouensis n. sp. Cheng 1986 dicynodont
CAGS V 321, skull, jaw and partial skeleton