Lystrosaurus youngi Sun 1964 (dicynodont)

Osteichthyes - Dicynodontia - Lystrosauridae

Full reference: A. L. Sun. 1964. [Preliminary report of a new species of Lystrosaurus of Sinkiang]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 8(2):216-217

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

See also Sun 1964 and Sun 1973

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

Type specimen: IVPP V 8532, a skull. Its type locality is Tung-Hsaio-Lung-Kou, Jimusar, which is in an Induan terrestrial siliciclastic in the Jiucaiyuan Formation of China.

Ecology: herbivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of China (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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