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Lystrosaurus hedini

Osteichthyes - Anomodontia - Lystrosauridae

Taxonomy
Lystrosaurus hedini was named by Young (1935). Its type specimen is IVPP RV 35012, a skeleton (Nearly complete skeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Fuyuan, S. Santai, Talungkou, which is in an Induan terrestrial claystone in the Jiucaiyuan Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Lystrosaurus hedini Young
1973Lystrosaurus hedini Sun p. 65
2008Lystrosaurus hedini Li and Sun p. 390

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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
specieshedini

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 hedini Young 1935
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Benton 1983, Carroll 1988

Age range: Induan or 251.90200 to 249.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Induan251.902 - 249.9China (Xinjiang) Lystrosaurus hedini (type locality: 143474 143485)
Early/Lower Triassic251.902 - 246.7China (Xinjiang) Lystrosaurus hedini (224361)