Northern foot of Tienshan, Ürümqi: Changhsingian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anomodontia
Dicynodon sinkianensis n. sp. Yuan and Young 1934
recombined as Jimusaria sinkianensis
IVPP RV 341407, a complete skull and lower jaw and some phalanges
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Xinjiang County:Ürümqi
Coordinates: 43.8° North, 87.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:42.1° North, 88.1° East
Time
Period:Permian Epoch:Lopingian
Stage:Changhsingian 10 m.y. bin:Permian 4
Key time interval:Changhsingian
Age range of interval:254.14000 - 251.90200 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Jilicao Formation:Guodikeng
Stratigraphy comments: The Guodikeng Formation crosses the PTB and is Changhsingian to Induan in age. This occurrence is from the Permian part of the formation.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:178200
Authorizer:R. Butler Enterer:J. Benito Moreno
Modifier:R. Butler Research group:vertebrate
Created:2016-04-26 11:26:22 Last modified:2017-07-04 10:47:41
Access level:database members Released:2018-04-26 11:26:22
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

58989. P. L. Yuan and C. C. Young. 1934. On the discovery of a new Dicynodon in Sinkiang. Bulletin of the geological Society of China 13(1):563-574 [R. Butler/J. Benito Moreno]