Yuanotherium
Yuanotherium minor is an extinct species of cynodonts which existed in China during the Late Jurassic epoch. It is the only species in the genus Yuanotherium.[1] It was found in the Shishugou Formation
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| Holotype upper jaw fragment | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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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