Parakannemeyeria shenmuensis Cheng 1980 (dicynodont)

Osteichthyes - Dicynodontia - Kannemeyeriidae

Full reference: Z.-W. Cheng. 1980. [Vertebrate Fossils]. Mesozoic Stratigraphy and Paleontology of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Basin 115-170

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

See also Cheng 1980

Sister taxa: Parakannemeyeria chengi, Parakannemeyeria dolichocephala, Parakannemeyeria ningwuensis, Parakannemeyeria youngi

Type specimen: IGCAGS V 318, a partial skeleton (Incomplete skull, 1 cervical, 2 dorsal, 3 fused sacral vertebrae, sternum and right humerus). Its type locality is Luojiatan, Shenmu, which is in an Anisian terrestrial siliciclastic in the Ermaying Formation of China.

Ecology: herbivore

Distribution: found only at Luojiatan, Shenmu

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