Also known as type locality of Huanghesaurus

Where: Shanxi, China (37.4° N, 110.9° E: paleocoordinates 33.8° N, 88.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Shihtienfeng, Shiqianfeng, Sunjiagou Formation, Changhsingian (254.2 - 252.2 Ma)

• "topmost part of Shihtienfeng Formation, Upper Permian." (Gao, 1983).

•Li & Liu (2013) use "Sunjiagou Formation" for this occurrence, whereas earlier literature used "Shihtienfeng" or "Shiqianfeng".

•Benton (2016) correlates the Sunjiagou Formation to the Changhsingian

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• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 1980; reposited in the IVPP

Primary reference: K. Gao. 1983. New Pareiasaur from Liulin, Shanxi. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 21(3):193-203 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht/T. Liebrecht]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 92907: authorized by Johannes Mueller, entered by Torsten Liebrecht on 07.12.2009, edited by Richard Butler

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