Lystrosaurus broomi Young 1939 (dicynodont)

Osteichthyes - Dicynodontia - Lystrosauridae

Full reference: C.-C. Young. 1939. Additional Dicynodontia remains from Sinkiang. Bulletin of the Geological Society of China 19(2):111-139

Belongs to Lystrosaurus according to J. Li and A. Sun 2008

See also Yuan and Young 1934

Sister taxa: Dicynodon seeleyi, Lystrosaurus curvatus, Lystrosaurus declivis, Lystrosaurus georgi, Lystrosaurus hedini, Lystrosaurus maccaigi, Lystrosaurus murrayi, Lystrosaurus robustus, Lystrosaurus shichanggouensis, Lystrosaurus weidenreichi, Lystrosaurus youngi, Prolystrosaurus strigops

Type specimen: IVPP RV 39060, a partial skull. Its type locality is Fuyuan, S. Santai, Talungkou, which is in an Induan terrestrial claystone in the Jiucaiyuan Formation of China.

Ecology: herbivore

Distribution: found only at Fuyuan, S. Santai, Talungkou

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