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Lystrosaurus youngi

Anomodontia - Lystrosauridae

Taxonomy
Lystrosaurus youngi was named by Sun (1964). Its type specimen is IVPP V 8532, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tung-Hsaio-Lung-Kou, Jimusar, which is in an Induan terrestrial siliciclastic in the Jiucaiyuan Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Lystrosaurus youngi Sun pp. 216-217
1973Lystrosaurus youngi Sun p. 65
2008Lystrosaurus youngi Li and Sun p. 393

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
orderAnomodontiaOwen 1859
orderDicynodontia()
—DicynodontoideaCluver and King 1983
familyLystrosauridae
genusLystrosaurusCope 1870
speciesyoungi

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Lystrosaurus youngi Sun 1964
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: herbivoreg
Created: 2009-01-03 20:48:45
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:48:45
Source: g = genus, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Benton 1983, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Induan or 252.17000 to 251.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Induan252.17 - 251.2China (Xinjiang) Lystrosaurus youngi (type locality: 112284 143481)