Shaanbeikannemeyeria

Shaanbeikannemeyeria is an extinct genus of non-mammalian synapsid known from the Early Triassic of China.[1][2]

Shaanbeikannemeyeria
Temporal range: Early Triassic
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Synapsida
Order:
Therapsida
Suborder:
Anomodontia
Infraorder:
Dicynodontia
Family:
Kannemeyeriidae
Genus:
Shaanbeikannemeyeria

Cheng, 1980
species
  • S. xilougoensis Cheng, 1980 (type species)
  • S. buerdongia Li, 1980

Paleobiology

Shaanbeikannemeyeria hails from the Ermaying Formation, which also yields the genera Fenhosuchus, Eumetabolodon, Halazhaisuchus, Guchengosuchus, Neoprocolophon, Ordosiodon, Wangisuchus and Shansisuchus.[3]

See also

References
  1. Cheng Z-W (1980) (Vertebrate fossils). Shan Gan Ning pen di zhong sheng dai di ceng gu sheng wu (Mesozoic stratigraphy and paleontology of basins of Shanxi, Gangsu, and Ningxia.) Beijing: Di zhi chu ban she Vol. 2: 115–188 [Ref list]
  2. Li J-L (1980) Kannemeyeria fossil from Inner Mongolia. Vertebr PalAsiatic 18: 94–99 [Ref list]
  3. Sun A L(孙艾玲), 1980. Late Permian and Triassic terrestrial tetrapods of North China. Vert PalAsiat(古脊椎动物学报), 18(2): 100-111(in Chinese with English abstract)


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