''Jimusaria'' is an

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dicynodont Dicynodontia is an extinct clade of anomodonts, an extinct type of non-mammalian therapsid. Dicynodonts were herbivores that typically bore a pair of tusks, hence their name, which means 'two dog tooth'. Members of the group possessed a horny, t ...

therapsid from the

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Changhsingian In the geologic time scale, the Changhsingian or Changxingian is the latest age or uppermost stage of the Permian. It is also the upper or latest of two subdivisions of the Lopingian Epoch or Series. The Changhsingian lasted from to 251.9 Ma a ...

) of China. The

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''J. sinkianensis'' from the Guodikeng Formation ( Jilicao Group) in

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, was originally named as a species of '' Dicynodon'', the first from

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, but was given its own genus in 1963 before being sunk back into ''Dicynodon'' in 1988. The genus was resurrected in 2011 by palaeontologist Christian Kammerer in a taxonomic revision of the genus ''Dicynodon''. ''Jimusaria'' was a mid-sized dicynodont, and was similar in appearance to the

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n ''Dicynodon'', but differed from it in features such as its narrower snout. A second species, ''Jimusaria monanensis'' was described from the

Naobaogou Formation The Naobaogou Formation is a geological formation in the Daqing Mountains of China. It is likely of Lopingian (Late Permian) age. It consists of three rhythms of sediment, labeled members I-III primarily of purple siltstone, but each with a thick ...

of northern China in 2023.

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