Also known as Tian Shan
Where: Xinjiang, China (43.8° N, 87.8° E: paleocoordinates 42.1° N, 88.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Guodikeng Formation, Changhsingian (254.2 - 252.2 Ma)
• The Guodikeng Formation crosses the PTB and is Changhsingian to Induan in age. This occurrence is from the Permian part of the formation.
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. Li and A. Sun. 2008. Subclass Synapsida. In J. Li, X. Wu, F, Zhang (eds.), The Chinese Fossil Reptiles and Their Kin 379-417 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 178202: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Juan Benito Moreno on 26.04.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes | |
"Dicynodon tienshanensis n. sp." = Diictodon feliceps
"Dicynodon tienshanensis n. sp." = Diictodon feliceps Owen 1876 dicynodont IVPP V 3260, a nearly complete skull
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