Lystrosaurus declivis

Lystrosaurus declivis

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
LystrosaurusPBDB
Diet
herbivorePBDB, for Lystrosaurus
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Osteichthyes
Environment
terrestrialPBDB, for Amniota

Time the record covers

At most 5 million years on record.

Every occurrence read is dated to somewhere between 251.902 Mya and 247 Mya, and nothing in the dating separates them, so that window is what the record shows rather than a span.

Permian — about 0 of 25 occurrencesEarly Triassic — about 25 of 25 occurrencesEarly TriassicMiddle Triassic — about 0 of 25 occurrences252–252 Mya — about 1 occurrence252–252 Mya — about 2 occurrences252–251 Mya — about 2 occurrences251–251 Mya — about 2 occurrences251–251 Mya — about 2 occurrences251–251 Mya — about 2 occurrences251–251 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences251–250 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences250–250 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences250–250 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences250–250 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences250–250 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences250–249 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences249–249 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences249–249 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences249–249 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences249–249 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences249–248 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences248–248 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences248–248 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences248–248 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences248–248 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences248–247 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences247–247 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences247–247 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences247–247 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences252.4 Mya246.5 Mya

25 occurrences of Lystrosaurus declivis on record, most of them in the Early Triassic. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

25 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

3 formations

  • Katberg Formation · Beaufort GroupFree State, Northern Cape, Eastern Cape · ZA · 251.902–247 Mya11
  • Normandien Formation · Beaufort GroupFree State, KwaZulu-Natal · ZA · 251.902–247 Mya3
  • Balfour Formation · Beaufort GroupEastern Cape, Free State · ZA · 251.902–247 Mya3
Katberg — 30.50°S, 25.97°EKatberg — 30.47°S, 26.06°EKatberg — 31.18°S, 24.95°EKatberg — 32.00°S, 26.26°EKatberg — 31.73°S, 25.30°EKatberg — 31.87°S, 24.55°EKatberg — 32.12°S, 25.70°EKatberg — 31.84°S, 24.86°ENormandien — 28.27°S, 29.13°ENormandien — 28.55°S, 29.08°EBalfour — 31.72°S, 24.98°EBalfour — 30.50°S, 25.97°EBalfour — 31.71°S, 24.52°E

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The named rock units Lystrosaurus declivis has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 8 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Lystrosaurus declivis and its relatives

Early Triassic

Where Lystrosaurus declivis and its relatives were recorded in the Early Triassic.

Found in the same rock

37 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 16 sites for Lystrosaurus declivis, and this reads all of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

6 references

Each of the 25 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content2

Picture of Lystrosaurus declivis

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Credit
via GBIF
Licence
CC0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

CT scan

Licence
In Copyright
Commercial use
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Specimen
Lystrosaurus declivis · nmb:r:815

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Brink 1951