Yuanansuchus
Yuanansuchus Temporal range: Anisian | |
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Skull | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Temnospondyli |
Suborder: | Stereospondyli |
Superfamily: | Mastodonsauroidea |
Family: | Heylerosauridae |
Genus: | Yuanansuchus Liu and Wang, 2005 |
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Yuanansuchus is an extinct genus of mastodonsauroid temnospondyl. Fossils have been found from the Xinlingzhen formation in Yuan'an County, Hubei, China and date back to the Anisian stage of the Middle Triassic.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ Liu, J.; Wang, Y. (2005). "The first complete mastodonsauroid skull from the Triassic of China: Yuanansuchus laticeps gen. et sp. nov.". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 25 (3): 725–728. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0725:tfcmsf]2.0.co;2.
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