Yuanotherium

Name: Yuanotherium.
Phonetic: Yu-an-o-fee-re-um.
Named By: Y.‭ ‬Hu,‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Meng‭ & ‬J.‭ ‬M.‭ ‬Clark‭ ‬-‭ ‬2009.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Synapsida,‭ ‬Therapsida,‭ ‬Cynodontia,‭ ‬Tritylodontidae.
Species: Y.‭ ‬minor‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: China‭ ‬-‭ ‬Shishugou Formation.
Time period: Oxfordian of the Jurassic.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.

       Yuanotherium is a genus of tritylodontid cynodont that lived in China during the late Jurassic.

Further reading
-‭ ‬A new tritylodontid from the Upper Jurassic of Xinjiang,‭ ‬China.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Acta Palaeontologica Polonica‭ ‬54‭(‬3‭)‬:385-391.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Y.‭ ‬Hu,‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Meng‭ & ‬J.‭ ‬M.‭ ‬Clark‭ ‬-‭ ‬2009.



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