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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6 specimens | |||||||||
| GSI 17844, 17850, 17852, 17858, 17860, 17861, skulls | ||||||||||
| 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: | not reported |
| 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: | 136562 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler | Enterer: | R. Butler |
| Modifier: | R. Butler | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-11-30 00:56:52 | Last modified: | 2012-11-29 08:03:20 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-11-30 00:56:52 |
| 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] |