Sinognathus
Extinct genus of cynodonts
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Sinognathus is an extinct genus of gomphodont cynodonts from the Middle Triassic Ermaying Formation of China. Its type and only species is Sinognathus gracilis, which was named in 1959 by the Chinese palaeontologist C. C. Young.[1][2]
| Sinognathus Temporal range: Anisian, | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Clade: | Cynodontia |
| Family: | †Trirachodontidae |
| Subfamily: | †Sinognathinae |
| Genus: | †Sinognathus Young, 1959 |
| Species: | †S. gracilis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Sinognathus gracilis Young, 1959 | |
