Lystrosaurus shichanggouensis Cheng 1986 (dicynodont)

Osteichthyes - Dicynodontia - Lystrosauridae

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

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

Type specimen: CAGS V 321, a partial skeleton (Skull and incomplete postcranial skeleton). Its type locality is Shichanggou, Jimsar, which is in an Induan terrestrial siliciclastic in the Jiucaiyuan Formation of China.

Ecology: herbivore

Distribution: found only at Shichanggou, Jimsar

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