Yuanotherium
Extinct genus of mammaliamorphs
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Yuanotherium minor is an extinct species of tritylodontid cynodonts which existed in China during the Late Jurassic epoch, described from the Shishugou Formation. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Yuanotherium.[1]
| Yuanotherium Temporal range: | |
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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 | |
