Where: Henan, China (34.9° N, 112.4° E: paleocoordinates 27.9° N, 89.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Cistecephalus other zone, Shangshihezi Formation, Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• Shangshihezi (Upper Shihhotse) Formation; Jiyuan fauna correlates roughly with Cistecephalus assemblages of South Africa, which is dated as Wuchiapingian, Upper Permian, roughly 256 Ma

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the IVPP

Primary reference: J. Liu and G. S. Bever. 2015. The last diadectomorph sheds light on Late Palaeozoic tetrapod biogeography. Biology Letters 11:20150100 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 171025: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 01.07.2015

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