Jiyuanitectum

Je-yu-an-e-tect-tum.
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Name

Jiyuanitectum.

Phonetic

Je-yu-an-e-tect-tum.

Named By

J.‭ ‬Liu,‭ ‬L.‭ ‬Xu,‭ ‬S.-H.‭ ‬Jia,‭ ‬H.-Y.‭ ‬Pu‭ & ‬X.-L.‭ ‬Liu‭ ‬-‭ ‬2014.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Reptiliomorpha,‭ ‬Chroniosuchia,‭ ‬Bystrowianidae.

Diet

Carnivore‭?

Species

J.‭ ‬flatum‭

Size

Unknown due to lack of fossils.

Known locations

China,‭ ‬Henan Province‭ ‬-‭ ‬Shangshihezi Formation.

Time Period

Wuchiapingian of the Permian.

Fossil representation

Single osteoderm.

In Depth

       Jiyuanitectum is a genus of reptiliomorph that lived in China during the Permian.‭ ‬So far the only part of this animal that is known is one of the bony plates that would have run down the length of the back.

Further Reading

-‭ ‬The Jiyuan tetrapod fauna of the Upper Permian of China‭—‬2.‭ ‬stratigraphy,‭ ‬taxonomical review,‭ ‬and correlation.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Vertebrata PalAsiatica‭ ‬52‭(‬3‭)‬:328-339.‭ ‬-‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Liu,‭ ‬L.‭ ‬Xu,‭ ‬S.-H.‭ ‬Jia,‭ ‬H.-Y.‭ ‬Pu‭ & ‬X.-L.‭ ‬Liu‭ ‬-‭ ‬2014.

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