Yuanansuchus

Yuanansuchus
Temporal range: Middle Triassic
Skull
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Temnospondyli
Suborder: Stereospondyli
Superfamily: Mastodonsauroidea
Family: Heylerosauridae
Genus: Yuanansuchus
Liu and Wang, 2005
Species
  • Y. laticeps Liu and Wang, 2005 (type)

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

  1. 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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