List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anomodontia
- Lystrosauridae
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Lystrosaurus murrayi
(Huxley 1859)
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3 individuals | |||||||||
| GSI 17843, 17855, 17857, skulls and associated postcrania | ||||||||||
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Lystrosaurus cf. maccagi
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1 individual | |||||||||
| GSI 17866, skull | ||||||||||
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= Lystrosaurus murrayi
Huxley 1859
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Ray 2005 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | India | State/province: | West Bengal |
| Coordinates: | 23.6° North, 87.0° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 55.5° South, 60.2° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Panchet | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Panchet Formation yields a typical earliest Triassic vertebrate assemblage that can be correlated with the Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone of South Africa | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | red "shale" |
| Secondary lithology: | mudstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some microfossils |
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | GSI | Collection dates: | 1957-1959 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 136560 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler | Enterer: | R. Butler |
| Modifier: | R. Butler | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-11-30 00:47:12 | Last modified: | 2012-11-29 08:00:45 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-11-30 00:47:12 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 27209. | C. Tripathi and P. P. Satsangi. 1963. Lystrosaurus fauna of the Panchet series of the Raniganj coalfield. Palaeontologia Indica 37:1-65 [H. Sims/J. Camp/R. Butler] |
Secondary references:
| 43679 | S. Ray. 2005. Lystrosaurus (Therapsida, Dicynodontia) from India: taxonomy, relative growth and cranial dimorphism. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 3(2):203-221 [R. Butler/R. Butler] |