Yuanotherium
Yuanotherium minor is an extinct species of cynodonts which existed in China during the Late Jurassic epoch, described from the Shishugou Formation. It is the only species in the genus Yuanotherium.[1]
| Yuanotherium Temporal range: | |
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| Holotype upper jaw fragment | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Clade: | Cynodontia |
| Family: | †Tritylodontidae |
| Genus: | †Yuanotherium Hu, Meng & Clark, 2009 |
| Species: | †Y. minor |
| Binomial name | |
| †Yuanotherium minor Hu, Meng & Clark, 2009 | |
Holotype teeth
References
- Yaoming Hu, Jin Meng & James M. Clark (2009). "A new tritylodontid from the Upper Jurassic of Xinjiang, China" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 54 (3): 385–391. doi:10.4202/app.2008.0053.
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