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Yuanansuchus

Extinct genus of temnospondyls From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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]

Phylum:Chordata
Clade:Tetrapoda
Order:Temnospondyli
Suborder:Stereospondyli
Quick facts Yuanansuchus Temporal range: Anisian, Scientific classification ...
Yuanansuchus
Temporal range: Anisian
Holotype skull, Paleozoological Museum of China
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Tetrapoda
Order: Temnospondyli
Suborder: Stereospondyli
Clade: Capitosauria
Family: Heylerosauridae
Genus: Yuanansuchus
Liu and Wang, 2005
Species
  • Y. laticeps Liu and Wang, 2005 (type)
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