Lystrosaurus hedini Young 1935 (dicynodont)

Osteichthyes - Dicynodontia - Lystrosauridae

Full reference: C. C. Young. 1935. On two skeletons of Dicynodontia from Sinkiang. Bulletin of the Geological Survey of China 14:483-517

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 maccaigi, Lystrosaurus murrayi, Lystrosaurus robustus, Lystrosaurus shichanggouensis, Lystrosaurus weidenreichi, Lystrosaurus youngi, Prolystrosaurus strigops

Type specimen: IVPP RV 35012, a skeleton (Nearly complete skeleton). Its type locality is Fuyuan, S. Santai, Talungkou, which is in an Induan terrestrial claystone in the Jiucaiyuan Formation of China.

Ecology: herbivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of China (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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