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.