Osteichthyes - Dicynodontia - Lystrosauridae

Synonym: Lystrosaurus latifrons Sun 1973

Full 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

Belongs to Lystrosaurus according to J. Li and A. Sun 2008

See also Sun 1973

Sister taxa: Dicynodon seeleyi, Lystrosaurus broomi, Lystrosaurus curvatus, Lystrosaurus declivis, Lystrosaurus georgi, Lystrosaurus hedini, Lystrosaurus maccaigi, Lystrosaurus murrayi, Lystrosaurus shichanggouensis, Lystrosaurus weidenreichi, Lystrosaurus youngi, Prolystrosaurus strigops

Type specimens:

• Lystrosaurus robustus: IVPP V.3243. Its type locality is Taoshuyuanzi, which is in a Changhsingian terrestrial horizon in the Guodikeng Formation of China.
• Lystrosaurus latifrons: IVPP V.3244. Its type locality is Taoshuyuanzi, which is in a Changhsingian terrestrial horizon in the Guodikeng Formation of China.

Ecology: herbivore

Distribution: found only at Taoshuyuanzi

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